Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to E. J. Petuch 1997
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis bulbus, Cypraeorbis exsplendens, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis lineata, Cypraeorbis noveli, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea plumbea
Type specimen: UF 75981, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Terramar Pit [Suwannee Limestone] (Oligocene of Florida)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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