Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea gracilis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri corsicanana
Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625
Belongs to Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) according to L. T. Groves 1994
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) anomala, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) desertorum, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) faxensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) korycanensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) libyca, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) limburgensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) maestrichtensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) paronai, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) tithonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) titonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei
Type specimen: USNM 20894, a shell
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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