†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

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)

• Pliocene of 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), France (17), Italy (3), Mexico (2), Nigeria (1), Peru (4), Romania (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (57: 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 (6: Alabama, California, Texas)

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

Total: 170 collections including 196 occurrences

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