Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea (Cypraedia) subcancellata
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 Cypraedia according to M. d. C. Perrilliat et al. 2003
See also Johnson 1899, Palmer and Brann 1965 and Schilder 1941
Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia), Cypraedia (Protocypraedia), Cypraedia aillana, Cypraedia blaiaensis, Cypraedia carmenensis, Cypraedia chira, Cypraedia elegans, Cypraedia fenestralis, Cypraedia gilberti, Cypraedia girauxi, Cypraedia gizaensis, Cypraedia hyderabadensis, Cypraedia ismaili, Cypraedia ogbei, Cypraedia reedi, Cypraedia subelegans
Type specimen: ANSP, a shell. Its type locality is Smithville, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in the Weches Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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