Cypropterina transovuloides Schilder 1927 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Jenneria) transovuloides, Oxycypraea (Oxycypraea) transovuloides, Transovula (Oxycypraea) transovuloides

Invalid subtaxa: Cypraea (Jenneria) attenuata Johnson 1899 [replaced name], Cypraea attenuata Johnson 1899 [replaced name]

Belongs to Cypropterina according to M. d. C. Perrilliat et al. 2003

See also Johnson 1899, Palmer 1937, Palmer and Brann 1965 and Schilder 1927

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Cypropterina transovuloides: ANSP 8583, a shell
  • Cypraea (Jenneria) attenuata: ANSP 8583, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at PRI 734 (Eocene of Alabama)

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