Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea carneola
Belongs to Lyncina according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum, Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, Lyncina (Callistocypraea), Lyncina amygdalina, Lyncina camelopardalis, Lyncina cingulata, Lyncina eristicos, Lyncina imperialis, Lyncina leviathan, Lyncina maestratii, Lyncina magnifica, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina peyroti, Lyncina praecedens, Lyncina tumida
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Japan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Sudan (1), Tonga (6), United States (4: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (2), Indonesia (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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