Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2nd series 1:111-134
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to C. L. Garvie 1996
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis bulbus, Cypraeorbis exsplendens, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis kendrewi, Cypraeorbis noveli, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea emilyae
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cypraeorbis lineata in the database
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