†Megalocypraea Schilder 1927 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Cabo Blanco, banks of Que Siches (Eocene of Peru)
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