Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea willcoxi, Cypraeorbis willcoxii, Zoila willcoxi
Synonyms: Cypraea hertleini Ingram 1948, Cypraeorbis hertleini Ingram 1948
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also Dolin 1991, Ingram 1948 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
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 vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea genei
Subtaxa: Cypraeorbis willcoxi ballista
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (19: Florida collections)
Total: 19 collections including 25 occurrences
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