Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Callistocypraea peyroti, Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) peyroti, Miolyncina peyroti
Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1932. Revisione delle Cypraeacea Fossili del Piemonte e della Liguria. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia 38(1-2):9-52
Belongs to Lyncina according to P. Lozouet et al. 2001
See also Dolin 1991, Fehse 2000, Schilder 1932, Schilder 1932 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum, Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, Lyncina (Callistocypraea), Lyncina amygdalina, Lyncina camelopardalis, Lyncina carneola, Lyncina cingulata, Lyncina eristicos, Lyncina imperialis, Lyncina leviathan, Lyncina maestratii, Lyncina magnifica, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina praecedens, Lyncina tumida
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Le Peloua reef, Saucats Valley, Gironde (Miocene of France)
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