Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
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 willcoxi, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea emilyae
Type specimen: MNHN-IM-2000-3675, a shell. Its type locality is Espibos, Gaas, which is in a Rupelian carbonate marl/sandstone in the Calcaire à Astéries Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Espibos, Gaas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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