Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Conus giganteus, Gisortia (Vicetia) gigantea, Gisortia giganteus, Megalocypraea gigantea, Ovula gigantea, Strombus giganteus

Belongs to Gisortia according to J. M. Pacaud 2008

See also Dolin and Dolin 1983, Iqbal 1973, Karagyuleva 1964 and Piccoli and Savazzi 1983

Sister taxa: Gisortia (Megalocypraea), Gisortia (Vicetia), Gisortia brevis, Gisortia clarki, Gisortia colombiana, Gisortia coombii, Gisortia harrisi, Gisortia ibrahimi, Gisortia mahgoobi, Gisortia murchisoni, Gisortia tuberculosa, Cypraea (Aricia) simplicissima, Cypraea (Aricia) beberkiriana

Distribution:

• Eocene of Bulgaria (2 collections), Egypt (1), France (2), Italy (1), Libya (2), Pakistan (3), Romania (1), Somalia (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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