Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Callistocypraea praecedens, Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) praecedens, Cypraea (Basterotia) leporina praecedens
Full reference: F. Sacco. 1894. I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, 15 (Cypraeidae, ed Amphiperasidae) 1-74
Belongs to Lyncina according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
See also Sacco 1894, Schilder 1932 and Schilder 1941
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum, Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, Lyncina (Callistocypraea), Lyncina amygdalina, Lyncina camelopardalis, Lyncina carneola, Lyncina cingulata, Lyncina eristicos, Lyncina imperialis, Lyncina leviathan, Lyncina maestratii, Lyncina magnifica, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina peyroti, Lyncina tumida
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Carcare (Eocene of Italy)
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