Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spellings: Cypraea (Macrocypraea), Trona (Macrocypraea)
Parent taxon: Cypraeinae according to J. L. Soriano 2006
See also Jung 1971, Petuch 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Cypraea, Cypraeini, Jousseaumea, Leporicypraea, Mauritia, Muracypraea, Plaziatia, Praerosaria, Prozonarina, Schilderia, Talparia, Zonarina
Subtaxa: Cypraea (Macrocypraea) spengleri Macrocypraea anguillana Macrocypraea cervus Macrocypraea joanneae Macrocypraea veintensis Macrocypraea zebra
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (4 collections), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (5: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (4)
• Miocene of Anguilla (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Grenada (2)
• Eocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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