Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Eocypraea (Eocypraea) crescentensis
Full reference: L. T. Groves. 2011. New species of Paleogene cypraeoideans (Gastropoda) from the Pacific slope of North America. The Nautilus 125(2):45-52
Belongs to Eocypraea according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Groves 2011
Sister taxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea), Eocypraea (Transovula), Eocypraea batequensis, Eocypraea beyrichi, Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea dollfusi, Eocypraea eosmithi, Eocypraea estellensis, Eocypraea ewekoroensis, Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea jimgoederti, Eocypraea judithsmithae, Eocypraea miobadensis, Eocypraea newboldi, Eocypraea nigeriensis, Eocypraea novasumma, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii
Type specimen: LACMIP 13646. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1563, Larch Mountain area, Black Hills, which is in a Ypresian sand shoal mudstone in the Crescent Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at CSUN Loc. 1563, Larch Mountain area, Black Hills
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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