Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea jacksonensis
Synonyms: Notoluponia ampla Dockery 1977, Sphaerocypraea ampla Dockery 1977
Full reference: C. W. Johnson. 1899. New and Interesting Species in the "Isaac Lea Collection of Eocene Mollusca". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51(1):71-82
Belongs to Sphaerocypraea according to L. Dolin and C. Dolin 1981
See also Dockery 1977, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Johnson 1899
Sister taxa: Sphaerocypraea bartlettiana, Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii, Sphaerocypraea globularis, Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis, Sphaerocypraea negritensis, Sphaerocypraea ovulina, Sphaerocypraea tardivelae, Sphaerocypraea wegeneri
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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