Subfamily Cypraeovulinae Schilder 1927 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spelling: Cypraeovulini

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to F. S. MacNeil 1960

See also Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae

Subtaxa: Cypraeovula Notocypraea Notoluponia

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Type: Cypraeovula

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), South Africa (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (3)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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