Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Luponia) newboldi, Cypraea newboldi
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Eocypraea according to L. T. Groves 1990
See also Forbes 1846 and Groves et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Eocypraea) sublandanensis, 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 nigeriensis, Eocypraea novasumma, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Near Andoor (Cretaceous of India)
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