Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Invalid subtaxa: Conocypraea Oppenheim 1901, Cypraeacites Schlotheim 1820 [replaced name], Zonaria (Conocypraea) Oppenheim 1901, Zonaria (Cypraeacites) Schlotheim 1820 [replaced name]
Full reference: L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164
Parent taxon: Cypraeinae according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
See also Harzhauser 2004
Sister taxa: Cypraea, Cypraeini, Jousseaumea, Leporicypraea, Macrocypraea, Mauritia, Muracypraea, Plaziatia, Prozonarina, Schilderia, Talparia, Zonarina
Subtaxa: Cypraeacites inflatus Cypraeacites persona Praerosaria amoenacea Praerosaria biacuta Praerosaria charlenae Praerosaria espibosensis Praerosaria exflaveola Praerosaria herosae Praerosaria herosae Praerosaria herosae Praerosaria paulonaria Praerosaria perlacea Praerosaria pseudorugosa Praerosaria tabulata
Type: Cypraea (Proadusta) splendens exflaveola
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (4 collections), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 6 collections including 13 occurrences
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