Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Full reference: L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires. 2023. Revision of northeast Pacific Paleogene cypraeoidean gastropods (Mollusca), including recognition of three new species: Implications for paleobiogeographic distribution and faunal turnover. PaleoBios 40(10):1-52
Belongs to Eocypraea according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
Sister taxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea), Eocypraea (Transovula), Eocypraea batequensis, Eocypraea beyrichi, Eocypraea crescentensis, Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea dollfusi, Eocypraea eosmithi, Eocypraea estellensis, Eocypraea ewekoroensis, Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea jimgoederti, Eocypraea miobadensis, Eocypraea newboldi, Eocypraea nigeriensis, Eocypraea novasumma, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii
Type specimen: LACMIP 40372.1, LACMIP Type 14940. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 372, Devil Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian offshore sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at CSUN Loc. 372, Devil Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains
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