Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea nuculoides, Garviea nuculoides
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also Dolin and Dockery 2018, Palmer 1937 and Schilder 1927
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 perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea apalachicolae
Type specimen: USNM 639014, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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