†family Eocypraeidae Schilder 1924 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

Parent taxon: Cypraeoidea according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023

See also Groves 2011 and Pacaud et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Cypraea bayerquei, Cypraea fresnoensis, Cypraea oakvillensis, Cypraeidae, Eratoidae, Ovula martini, Ovulidae, Pediculariidae, Triviidae, Velutinidae

Subtaxa: Eocypraeinae Sulcocypraeinae

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), United States (3: Florida, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Italy (4), Portugal (1), Spain (2)

• Miocene of Australia (2), France (2), Germany (2), Italy (2), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (8)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (3), Somalia (6), United States (9: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Australia (7), Cuba (1), Denmark (1), France (17), Italy (3), Mexico (2), Nigeria (1), Peru (4), Romania (2), Spain (1), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (60: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (3), France (1), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Sweden (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (7: Alabama, California, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), India (1), United States (2: Alabama, California)

Total: 181 collections including 209 occurrences

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