Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea vaughani

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Maury 1912

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis bulbus, Cypraeorbis exsplendens, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis kendrewi, Cypraeorbis lineata, Cypraeorbis noveli, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea chilona

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell

Distribution: found only at Bed No. 2, Soldado Rock [Soldado Fm] (Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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