Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea lintea
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2nd series 1:111-134
Belongs to Sulcocypraea according to D. Fehse 2013
See also Conrad 1848, Conrad 1848, Garvie 1996, Harris and Palmer 1947, MacNeil and Dockery 1984 and Schilder 1941
Sister taxa: Sulcocypraea bullennewtoni, Sulcocypraea healeyi, Sulcocypraea kennedyi, Sulcocypraea moumieti, Sulcocypraea vaughani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: Mississippi collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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