Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Ovula novasumma
Full reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466
Belongs to Eocypraea according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Perrilliat 2013
Sister taxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea), Eocypraea (Transovula), Eocypraea batequensis, Eocypraea beyrichi, Eocypraea crescentensis, Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea dollfusi, Eocypraea eosmithi, Eocypraea estellensis, Eocypraea ewekoroensis, Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea jimgoederti, Eocypraea judithsmithae, Eocypraea miobadensis, Eocypraea newboldi, Eocypraea nigeriensis, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii
Type specimen: UC 30499, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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