Cypraeorbis sphaeroides Conrad 1848

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea sphaeroides

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299

Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to F. S. MacNeil and D. T. Dockery 1984

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 splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea genei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (4: Mississippi collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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