Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Marginocypraea wegeneri
Synonyms: Marginocypraea paraguana Ingram 1947, Sphaerocypraea keenae Woodring 1959, Sphaerocypraea paraguana Ingram 1947
Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1939. Cypraeacea aus dem Tertiär von Trinidad, Venezuela und den Antillen. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 62:1-35
Belongs to Sphaerocypraea according to M.C. Perrilliat 1987
See also Dolin and Dolin 1981, Dolin and Ledon 2002, Fehse 2013, Ingram 1947, Jung 1965 and Schilder 1939
Sister taxa: Sphaerocypraea bartlettiana, Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii, Sphaerocypraea globularis, Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis, Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis, Sphaerocypraea negritensis, Sphaerocypraea ovulina, Sphaerocypraea tardivelae
Subtaxa: Sphaerocypraea wegeneri keenae
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (3 collections), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (8)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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