Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Palaeocypraea according to L. T. Groves 2004
See also Schilder 1928
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Pustulariopsis), Palaeocypraea corsicanana, Palaeocypraea eripnides, Palaeocypraea fontana, Palaeocypraea grooti, Palaeocypraea nuciformis, Palaeocypraea spirata, Palaeocypraea squyeri, Palaeocypraea suciensis, Palaeocypraea suecica, Palaeocypraea wilfredi
Subtaxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) anomala Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) corsicanana Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) desertorum Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) faxensis Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) korycanensis Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) libyca Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) limburgensis Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) maestrichtensis Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) paronai Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) tithonica Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) titonica Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei
Type: Cypraeacites spiratus
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Saudi Arabia (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (2), Egypt (2), France (2), India (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), Italy (1)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences