Subfamily Eocypraeinae Schilder 1924 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

Parent taxon: Eocypraeidae according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023

See also Bouchet et al. 2017, Fehse 2013, Groves 2011, Perrilliat 1987, Petuch 1988 and Squires and Advocate 1986

Sister taxon: Sulcocypraeinae

Subtaxa: Apiocypraea Eocypraea Eocypraeini Grovesia Transovula

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Italy (4), Portugal (1), Spain (2)

• Miocene of Australia (1), France (2), Germany (2), Poland (1), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (3), Somalia (6)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), France (14), Italy (3), Mexico (2), Romania (2), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (29: Alabama, California, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (3), France (1), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Sweden (1), United States (7: Alabama, California, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), India (1), United States (2: Alabama, California)

Total: 101 collections including 112 occurrences

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