Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraedia multicarinata, Eucypraedia multicarinara, Ovula (Transovula) multicarinata
Synonyms: Cypraea (Cypraedia) chira Olsson 1931, Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) chira Olsson 1931, Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) pittsi Dockery 1977, Cypraedia pittsi Dockery 1977
Belongs to Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) according to L. Dolin 1991
See also Dockery 1977, Ingram 1947, Olsson 1931 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) vendrestensis, Eucypraedia parisiensis, Eucypraedia sophia, Eucypraedia sulcosa
Type specimens:
- Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata: USNM 112450, a shell. Its type locality is Martin Station [Crystal River Limestone], which is in an Eocene carbonate limestone in the Crystal River Limestone Formation of Florida.
- Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) chira: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru.
- Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) pittsi: PRI 8237, a shell.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Eocene of Peru (2), United States (3: Florida, Mississippi)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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