Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Synonyms: Chimeria Briano 1993, Marginocypraea Ingram 1947
Parent taxon: Sulcocypraeini according to D. Fehse 2013
See also Dolin and Ledon 2002, Jung 1965, Perrilliat 1987 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Sulcocypraea, Willungia
Subtaxa: Sphaerocypraea bartlettiana Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii Sphaerocypraea globularis Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis Sphaerocypraea negritensis Sphaerocypraea ovulina Sphaerocypraea tardivelae Sphaerocypraea wegeneri
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections), Mexico (3), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (8)
• Eocene of France (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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