Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea vaughani, Eocypraea vaughani
Full reference: C. W. Johnson. 1899. New and Interesting Species in the "Isaac Lea Collection of Eocene Mollusca". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51(1):71-82
Belongs to Sulcocypraea according to F. A. Schilder 1941
See also Gardner 1947, Johnson 1899, Palmer 1937 and Schilder 1927
Sister taxa: Sulcocypraea bullennewtoni, Sulcocypraea healeyi, Sulcocypraea kennedyi, Sulcocypraea lintea, Sulcocypraea moumieti
Type specimen: ANSP 9450, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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