Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Eocypraea (Eocypraea) moumieti
Full reference: C. Dolin and L. Dolin. 1983. Révision des Triviacea et Cypraeacea (Mollusca, Prosobranchia) éocènes récoltés dans les localité de Gan (Tuilerie et Acot) et Bosdarros (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France). Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 20(1):5-48
Belongs to Sulcocypraea according to L. Dolin and D. Ledon 2002
See also Dolin and Dolin 1983
Sister taxa: Sulcocypraea bullennewtoni, Sulcocypraea healeyi, Sulcocypraea kennedyi, Sulcocypraea lintea, Sulcocypraea vaughani
Type specimen: U.P.M.C., T. 5001-003, a shell. Its type locality is Tuilerie de Gan (Dolin collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore shelf marl/claystone in the Marnes de Gan Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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