Vicetia sowerbyi Schilder 1930 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Gisortia (Vicetia) sowerbyi

Invalid subtaxa: Cypraea depressa Sowerby 1839 [replaced name], Gisortia (Vicetia) depressa Sowerby 1839 [replaced name], Gisortia depressa Sowerby 1839 [replaced name], Ovula depressa Sowerby 1839 [replaced name], Vicetia depressa Sowerby 1839 [replaced name]

Belongs to Vicetia according to F. E. Eames 1952

See also Cotter 1921, de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Eames 1951, Lemoine 1909, Schilder 1932 and Schilder 1941

Sister taxa: Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni, Gisortia (Vicetia) stefaninii, Gisortia (Vicetia) vredenburgi, Vicetia bizzottoi, Vicetia vredenburgi

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (1 collection), Pakistan (2)

• Paleocene of Mali (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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