Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea macrovoluta
Full reference: C. S. Ferreira and O. R. Cunha. 1957. Contribuição a Paleontologia do estado do Pará: Notas sobre a Formação Pirabas, com descrições de novos invertebrados fósseis. I ( Mollusca – Gastropoda). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. Nova Série Geologia 2:1-61
Belongs to Siphocypraea according to P. J. Wagner and R. C. Warnock 2016
See also Ferreira and Cunha 1957
Sister taxa: Siphocypraea (Okeechobea), Siphocypraea (Siphocypraea), Siphocypraea almirantensis, Siphocypraea amandusi, Siphocypraea cannoni, Siphocypraea dimasi, Siphocypraea duerri, Siphocypraea griffini, Siphocypraea grovesi, Siphocypraea merriami, Siphocypraea metae, Siphocypraea mulepenensis, Siphocypraea pennai, Siphocypraea philemoni, Siphocypraea posei, Siphocypraea problematica, Siphocypraea transitoria, Siphocypraea trippeana, Siphocypraea tristensis, Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) myakka, Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) schnireli, Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) kelleyi, Cypraeactaeon pennai, Calusacypraea globulina, Calusacypraea tequesta, Calusacypraea sarasotaensis, Calusacypraea briani, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) josiai, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) gabrielleae, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) alligator, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) penningtonorum, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) kissimmeensis, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) basingerensis, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) mansfieldi, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) aspenae, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) rucksorum, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) parodizi, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) erici
Type specimen: IMPEG 357, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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