Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea healeyi, Notoluponia healeyi
Invalid subtaxa: Cypraea dalli Aldrich 1894 [replaced name], Eocypraea conradi Schilder 1927, Eocypraea dalli Aldrich 1894 [replaced name], Sulcocypraea conradi Schilder 1927
Belongs to Sulcocypraea according to F. S. MacNeil and D. T. Dockery 1984
See also Dockery 1977, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Schilder 1927
Sister taxa: Sulcocypraea bullennewtoni, Sulcocypraea kennedyi, Sulcocypraea lintea, Sulcocypraea moumieti, Sulcocypraea vaughani
Type specimens:
- Sulcocypraea healeyi: USNM 135157, a shell
- Eocypraea dalli: USNM 135157, a shell.
- Sulcocypraea conradi: USNM 135157, a shell.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Mississippi collections)
• Eocene of United States (9: Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences
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