Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea genei
Belongs to Loxacypraea according to L. Dolin 2015
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 plumbea, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea colligens
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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