Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea helveola, Cypraea helvola, Erosaria (Erosaria) helvola, Erosaria (Ravitrona) helvola
Belongs to Cypraea (Erosaria) according to T. Okutaini 2000
See also Barnard 1962, Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Linnaeus 1758, MacNeil 1960, Meyer 2004 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata, Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis, Cypraea (Erosaria) sindiensis, Erosaria (Erosaria), Erosaria (Paulonaria), Erosaria (Ravitrona), Erosaria acicularis, Erosaria aliena, Erosaria americana, Erosaria cernica, Erosaria citrina, Erosaria eburnea, Erosaria erosa, Erosaria everwijni, Erosaria helvola, Erosaria labrolineata, Erosaria miliaris, Erosaria ocellata, Erosaria poraria, Erosaria spurca, Erosaria turdus
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Japan (2), Kenya (6), Mozambique (1), the Seychelles (7), Tonga (2), Tuvalu (2), United States (16: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
• Miocene of Fiji (3), Indonesia (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
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