Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1941. Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 73(2/3):57-120

Belongs to Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) according to L. T. Groves 1994

See also Schilder 1941

Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) anomala, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) corsicanana, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) faxensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) korycanensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) libyca, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) limburgensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) maestrichtensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) paronai, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) tithonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) titonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Kharga Oasis (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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