Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Full reference: L. Dolin and D. Ledon. 2002. Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d’Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l’Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). Geodiversitas 24(2):329-347
Belongs to Sphaerocypraea according to L. Dolin and D. Ledon 2002
Sister taxa: Sphaerocypraea bartlettiana, Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii, Sphaerocypraea globularis, Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis, Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis, Sphaerocypraea negritensis, Sphaerocypraea ovulina, Sphaerocypraea wegeneri
Type specimen: MNHN-LP R63014, a shell. Its type locality is Tuilerie de Gan (Ledon collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore shelf marl/claystone in the Marnes de Gan Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Tuilerie de Gan (Ledon collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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