Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea pilsbryi, Siphocypraea pilsbryi
Full reference: W. M. Ingram. 1939. A new fossil cowry from North Carolina. The Nautilus 52(4):120-121
Belongs to Akleistostoma according to E. J. Petuch and C. E. Roberts 2007
See also Ingram 1939 and Petuch 1986
Sister taxa: Akleistostoma bairdi, Akleistostoma carolinensis, Akleistostoma crocodila, Akleistostoma diegelae, Akleistostoma erici, Akleistostoma floridana, Akleistostoma hughesi, Akleistostoma jenniferae, Akleistostoma macbrideae, Akleistostoma rilkoi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Fear River, which is in a Zanclean marine marl in the Duplin Formation of North Carolina
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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