Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Vulgusella orbignyana colligens
Full reference: F. Sacco. 1894. I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, 15 (Cypraeidae, ed Amphiperasidae) 1-74
Belongs to Loxacypraea according to L. Dolin 2015
See also Sacco 1894
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis bulbus, Cypraeorbis exsplendens, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis kendrewi, Cypraeorbis lineata, Cypraeorbis noveli, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea apalachicolae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Colle di Torino, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in Italy
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Colle di Torino
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