Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) wilfredi
Full reference: L. T. Groves. 2004. New species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeidae (Gastropoda) from California and British Columbia and new records from the Pacific slope. The Nautilus 118(1):43-51
Belongs to Palaeocypraea according to L. T. Groves et al. 2011
See also Groves 2004
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea), Palaeocypraea (Pustulariopsis), Palaeocypraea corsicanana, Palaeocypraea eripnides, Palaeocypraea fontana, Palaeocypraea grooti, Palaeocypraea nuciformis, Palaeocypraea spirata, Palaeocypraea squyeri, Palaeocypraea suciensis, Palaeocypraea suecica
Type specimen: LACMIP 13065,, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 17611, along Dry Creek, near Pentz, which is in a Campanian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Chico Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 17611, along Dry Creek, near Pentz
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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