Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea suciensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri suciensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) suciensis

Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1895. On some fossils from the Nanaimo Group of the Vancouver Cretaceous. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Ser. 2 1(4):119-133

Belongs to Palaeocypraea according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011

See also Groves 1990, Schilder and Schilder 1971 and Whiteaves 1895

Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea), Palaeocypraea (Pustulariopsis), Palaeocypraea corsicanana, Palaeocypraea eripnides, Palaeocypraea fontana, Palaeocypraea grooti, Palaeocypraea nuciformis, Palaeocypraea spirata, Palaeocypraea squyeri, Palaeocypraea suecica, Palaeocypraea wilfredi

Type specimen: GSC 5937, a skeleton

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Sucia Island (Cretaceous of Washington)

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