Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea noueli
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Maury 1917
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis bulbus, Cypraeorbis exsplendens, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis kendrewi, Cypraeorbis lineata, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea apalachicolae
Type specimen: Holotype (no number), a shell
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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