Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Trona)
Invalid subtaxa: Cavicypraea Cossmann 1896, Cypraea (Basterotia) Jousseaume 1884 [replaced name], Cypraea (Cavicypraea) Cossmann 1896
Parent taxon: Luriinae according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also Cossmann 1896, Schilder 1932, Schilder 1941, Sepkoski 2002 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Austrocypraeini, Luria, Lyncina
Subtaxa: Trona (Trona) Trona apenninensis Trona calhounensis Trona carcarensis Trona ingrami Trona leporina Trona lyncoides Trona stercoraria Trona subporcellus Trona trinitatensis
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Spain (2)
• Miocene of France (3), Italy (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (4: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
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