Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Cyprovula) elegans, Cypraea elegans, Cypraeovula elegans
Synonym: Cypraedia cancellata Swainson 1840
Full reference: J. L. M. Defrance. 1826. Conchyliologie et Malacologie. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 10:1-36
Belongs to Cypraedia according to G. Piccoli and E. Savazzi 1983
See also de Gregorio 1880, Defrance 1826, Dolin and Pacaud 2009 and Reato 1983
Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia), Cypraedia (Protocypraedia), Cypraedia aillana, Cypraedia blaiaensis, Cypraedia carmenensis, Cypraedia chira, Cypraedia fenestralis, Cypraedia gilberti, Cypraedia girauxi, Cypraedia gizaensis, Cypraedia hyderabadensis, Cypraedia ismaili, Cypraedia ogbei, Cypraedia reedi, Cypraedia subcancellata, Cypraedia subelegans
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Bulgaria (3 collections), Croatia (2), France (3), Germany (1), Italy (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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