Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Parent taxon: Cypraea according to H. S. Ladd 1977

See also Rosenberg et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Austrocypraea), Cypraea (Bernayia), Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo, Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri, Cypraea (Conocypraea), Cypraea (Cribrarula), Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria, Cypraea (Cypropterina), Cypraea (Luponia), Cypraea (Notocypraea), Cypraea boucheti, Cypraea fenestratis, Cypraea flaveola, Cypraea ohiroi, Cypraea pantherina, Cypraea pediculus, Cypraea pennae, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa, Cypraea tigris

Subtaxa: none

Type: Cypraea (Cypraea) tigris

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Station 110B [Ndalithoni Limestone] (Pliocene of Fiji)

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