Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Invalid subtaxa: Aricia Gray 1837 [replaced name], Cypraea (Aricia) Gray 1837 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Bernayinae according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Abbass 1967, Adegoke 1977, Iqbal 1973, Jousseaume 1884, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987 and Yates 2009
Sister taxa: Afrocypraea, Archicypraeini, Barycypraea, Bernaya, Bernayini, Protocypraea
Subtaxa: Cypraea (Aricia) beberkiriana Cypraea (Aricia) simplicissima Gisortia (Megalocypraea) Gisortia (Vicetia) Gisortia brevis Gisortia clarki Gisortia colombiana Gisortia coombii Gisortia gigantea Gisortia harrisi Gisortia ibrahimi Gisortia mahgoobi Gisortia murchisoni Gisortia tuberculosa
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection), the Philippines (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), China (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (3), France (6), Italy (2), Libya (6), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Pakistan (12), Panama (1), Romania (1), Senegal (6), Somalia (1), United States (11: California, Florida)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Niger (1)
• Paleocene of Mali (2), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 62 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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