Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Cypraedia)
Parent taxon: Cypraediinae according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Abbass 1967, Adegoke 1977, Clark and Durham 1946, Conrad 1856, Dolin and Aguerre 2018, Dolin and Pacaud 2009, Harris and Palmer 1947, Iqbal 1973, Olsson 1931, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxon: Pseudocypraeini
Subtaxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia) Cypraedia (Protocypraedia) Cypraedia aillana Cypraedia blaiaensis Cypraedia carmenensis Cypraedia chira Cypraedia elegans Cypraedia fenestralis Cypraedia gilberti Cypraedia girauxi Cypraedia gizaensis Cypraedia hyderabadensis Cypraedia ismaili Cypraedia ogbei Cypraedia reedi Cypraedia subcancellata Cypraedia subelegans
Type: Cypraedia cancellata
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Bulgaria (3 collections), Colombia (1), Croatia (2), Egypt (2), France (7), Germany (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (1), Nigeria (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 47 collections including 50 occurrences
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