Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Cypraeinae according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
See also Lozouet et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Van Dingenen et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Cypraea, Cypraeini, Jousseaumea, Leporicypraea, Macrocypraea, Mauritia, Muracypraea, Plaziatia, Praerosaria, Prozonarina, Talparia, Zonarina
Subtaxa: Schilderia amygdalum Schilderia andegavensis Schilderia brebioni Schilderia columbaria Schilderia decorticata Schilderia fasciolaria Schilderia flavicula Schilderia garonettii Schilderia incognita Schilderia infernoi Schilderia lauriatae Schilderia longiscata Schilderia plioamygdalum Schilderia pseudamygdalum Schilderia semidenticulata Schilderia subannularia Schilderia taurovalis Schilderia utricolata Schilderia veronicata
Type: Cypraea infernoi
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (7 collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (6), Spain (2)
• Miocene of France (5), Germany (1), Italy (5), Poland (1), Romania (1), Somalia (1), Türkiye (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 31 collections including 58 occurrences
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