Gastropoda - Cypraeoidea - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Zoila arlettae
Full reference: L. Dolin. 1991. Cypraeoidea and Lamellarioidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), from the Chipola Formation (late early Miocene) of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 24(1-2):1-60
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also Dolin 1991
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, 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, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea apalachicolae
Type specimen: USNM 43590, a shell. Its type locality is TU 820b - Farley Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: Florida collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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