Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea acicularis, Erosaria (Erosaria) spurca acicularis
Full reference: J. F. Gmelin. 1791. Systema Naturae
Belongs to Erosaria according to L. Gardiner 2001
See also Gmelin 1791, Groves 1992 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis, Cypraea (Erosaria) sindiensis, Erosaria (Erosaria), Erosaria (Paulonaria), Erosaria (Ravitrona), Erosaria aliena, Erosaria americana, Erosaria cernica, Erosaria citrina, Erosaria eburnea, Erosaria erosa, Erosaria everwijni, Erosaria helvola, Erosaria labrolineata, Erosaria miliaris, Erosaria ocellata, Erosaria poraria, Erosaria spurca, Erosaria turdus
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Bermuda (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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