Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea grooti, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) grooti, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri grooti
Full reference: H. G. Richards and E. Shapiro. 1963. An invertebrate macrofauna from the Upper Cretaceous of Delaware. Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations 7:1-37
Belongs to Palaeocypraea according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Groves 1990, Richards and Shapiro 1963 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea), Palaeocypraea (Pustulariopsis), Palaeocypraea corsicanana, Palaeocypraea eripnides, Palaeocypraea fontana, Palaeocypraea nuciformis, Palaeocypraea spirata, Palaeocypraea squyeri, Palaeocypraea suciensis, Palaeocypraea suecica, Palaeocypraea wilfredi
Type specimen: ANSP 30838, a shell. Its type locality is Station 6. Biggs Farm, south bank Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone in the Mount Laurel/Navesink Formation of Delaware.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Station 6. Biggs Farm, south bank Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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