Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Amphiperas bullennewtoni
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164
Belongs to Sulcocypraea according to F. A. Schilder 1941
See also Olsson 1930
Sister taxa: Sulcocypraea healeyi, Sulcocypraea kennedyi, Sulcocypraea lintea, Sulcocypraea moumieti, Sulcocypraea vaughani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas
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