Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. Dolin. 2015. Redéfinition du genre Loxacypraea Petuch, 2004 (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) et description d’espèces nouvelles du Miocène inférieur de Floride (USA) et d’Aquitaine (France). Cossmanniana 17:5-14
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 orbignyana, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea chilona
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A53683, a shell. Its type locality is Cabanes reef, Saint-Paul-les-Dax, Adour Valley, Landes, which is in a Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Cabanes reef, Saint-Paul-les-Dax, Adour Valley, Landes
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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