Afrocypraea Schilder 1932 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Parent taxon: Bernayinae according to J. L. Soriano 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archicypraeini, Barycypraea, Bernaya, Bernayini, Gisortia, Protocypraea

Subtaxa: Afrocypraea chubbi

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Type: Cypraea chubbi

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Mouth of Umzamba River, Pondoand (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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