†subfamily Sulcocypraeinae Schilder 1939 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

Parent taxon: Eocypraeidae according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023

See also Bouchet et al. 2017 and Fehse 2013

Sister taxon: Eocypraeinae

Subtaxa: Luponovula Sulcocypraeini

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Type: Sulcocypraea

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Italy (2), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (8)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), United States (9: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Australia (7), France (5), Italy (2), Nigeria (1), Peru (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (30: California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

Total: 78 collections including 87 occurrences

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