Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spelling: Luponia

Parent taxon: Cypraea according to F. McCoy 1877

See also Gabb 1869

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Austrocypraea), Cypraea (Bernayia), Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo, Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri, Cypraea (Conocypraea), Cypraea (Cribrarula), Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria, Cypraea (Cypraea), Cypraea (Cypropterina), Cypraea (Notocypraea), Cypraea boucheti, Cypraea fenestratis, Cypraea flaveola, Cypraea ohiroi, Cypraea pantherina, Cypraea pediculus, Cypraea pennae, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa, Cypraea tigris

Subtaxa: Cypraea (Luponia) subchinensis

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Epi Island (Miocene of Vanuatu)

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