†tribe Cypraeorbini Schilder 1927 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spelling: Cypraeorbinae

Synonym: Zoilinae Iredale 1963

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to J. L. Soriano 2006

See also Darragh 2011, Garvie 1996 and Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae

Subtaxa: Cypraeorbis Umbilia Zoila

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Type: Cypraeorbis

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (7), the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Australia (47), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (3), France (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), Panama (6), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (32: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (16), France (1), Italy (2), Panama (2), United States (5: Florida, Mississippi)

• Eocene of Australia (2), Italy (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), Peru (2), United States (28: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

Total: 173 collections including 242 occurrences

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