Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Pustularia)
Synonyms: Cypraea (Epona) Adams and Adams 1854, Epona Adams and Adams 1854
Parent taxon: Pustulariinae according to J. L. Soriano 2006
See also Gabb 1869, Groves 1994, Ladd 1977, MacNeil 1960, Maury 1917, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Schilder 1941 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eopustularia, Neobernaya
Subtaxa: Pustularia (Ipsa) Pustularia (Pustularia) Pustularia cicercula Pustularia globulus Pustularia kamai Pustularia lodanensis Pustularia margarita
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Guam (1), Japan (1), Kenya (3), the Marshall Islands (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Papua New Guinea (2), the Seychelles (2), United States (8: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Fiji (1), Guam (1), Indonesia (4)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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