Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1915. Die eocänen Invertebraten-Fauna des Kalksteins in Togo im Zusammenhange mit anderen Tertiärablagerungen Afrikas vergleichend betrachtet. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 12:1-126
Belongs to Cypraea (Eocypraea) according to R. Furon 1948
See also Oppenheim 1915
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 judithsmithae, Eocypraea miobadensis, Eocypraea newboldi, Eocypraea nigeriensis, Eocypraea novasumma, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Well excavation in Djagbati, 18 m depth, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian marine horizon in Togo
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Well excavation in Djagbati, 18 m depth
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