Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) maestrichtensis Schilder 1928

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Palaeocypraea maestrichtensis

Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1928. Die Cypraeacea des Daniums von Dänemark und Schonen. Danmarks geologiske Undersøgelse 2(3):1-27

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

See also Schilder 1928 and Schilder 1932

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Maastricht area, Nekum Member, which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands

Distribution: found only at Maastricht area, Nekum Member

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