Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Siphocypraea (Akleistostoma)
Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310
Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Petuch and Roberts 2007
Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae
Subtaxa: Akleistostoma bairdi Akleistostoma carolinensis Akleistostoma crocodila Akleistostoma diegelae Akleistostoma erici Akleistostoma floridana Akleistostoma hughesi Akleistostoma jenniferae Akleistostoma macbrideae Akleistostoma pilsbryi Akleistostoma rilkoi
Type: Cypraea carolinensis
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of United States (17: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 19 collections including 26 occurrences
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