Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Eocypraea)
Full reference: M. Cossmann. 1903. Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée 5:1-215
Parent taxon: Eocypraeinae according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Abbass 1972, Adegoke 1977, Dolin 2015, Fehse 2013, Groves 1990, Groves 2011, Lauridsen and Schnetler 2014, Moths et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Advocate 1986 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Apiocypraea, Eocypraeini, Grovesia, Transovula
Subtaxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Eocypraea (Transovula) Eocypraea batequensis Eocypraea beyrichi Eocypraea crescentensis Eocypraea danica Eocypraea dollfusi Eocypraea eosmithi Eocypraea estellensis Eocypraea ewekoroensis Eocypraea inflata Eocypraea jimgoederti Eocypraea judithsmithae Eocypraea miobadensis Eocypraea newboldi Eocypraea nigeriensis Eocypraea novasumma Eocypraea sabuloviridis Eocypraea takeosusukii
Type: Cypraea inflata
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Eocene of France (8), Mexico (2), Romania (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Alabama, California, New Jersey, Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (3), France (1), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Sweden (1), United States (5: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), India (1), United States (2: Alabama, California)
Total: 45 collections including 52 occurrences
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