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Eocypraeidae

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Eocypraeidae was named by Schilder (1924).

It was assigned to Cypraeoidea by Groves (2011), Groves and Squires (2023), Pacaud et al. (2026).

Subtaxa
Eocypraeinae, Sulcocypraeinae
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2023-11-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Eocypraeidae Schilder
2011Eocypraeidae Groves p. 47
2023Eocypraeidae Groves and Squires p. 22
2026Eocypraeidae Pacaud et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Eocypraeidae Schilder 1924
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Subfm. Eocypraeinae Schilder 1924
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G. †Apiocypraea Schilder 1927
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Subg. †Apiocypraea (Apiocypraea) Schilder 1927
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†Apiocypraea davidi Fontannes 1880
†Apiocypraea labrosa Bonelli 1826
†Apiocypraea michaudiana Grateloup 1847
†Apiocypraea pyrula Lamarck 1810
†Apiocypraea spatiosa Fehse 2004
†Apiocypraea subexcisa Braun 1840
†Apiocypraea subphysis d'Orbigny 1852
G. †Cymbovula Cate 1973
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Subg. †Cymbovula (Winklea) Dolin and Dockery 2018
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Cymbovula acicularis Lamarck 1811
G. †Eocypraea Cossmann 1903
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Subg. †Eocypraea (Transovula) De Gregorio 1880
†Eocypraea batequensis Groves 2011
†Eocypraea beyrichi von Koenen 1867
†Eocypraea crescentensis Groves 2011
†Eocypraea danica Schilder 1928
†Eocypraea dollfusi De Laubriere 1881
†Eocypraea eosmithi Aldrich 1886
†Eocypraea estellensis Aldrich 1921
†Eocypraea ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
†Eocypraea inflata Lamarck 1802
†Eocypraea jimgoederti Groves 2011
†Eocypraea judithsmithae Groves and Squires 2023
†Eocypraea miobadensis Sacco 1894
†Eocypraea newboldi Forbes 1846
†Eocypraea nigeriensis Adegoke 1977
†Eocypraea novasumma Nelson 1925
†Eocypraea sabuloviridis Whitfield 1892
†Eocypraea takeosusukii Groves 2011
Tr. †Eocypraeini Schilder 1924
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G. †Cypropterina De Gregorio 1880
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†Cypropterina ceciliae De Gregorio 1880
†Cypropterina mazzepae De Gregorio 1880
†Cypropterina transovuloides Schilder 1927
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Invalid names: Cypraea (Jenneria) attenuata Johnson 1899 [replaced]
G. †Eschatocypraea Schilder 1966
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†Eschatocypraea balcombica Schilder 1966
G. †Oxycypraea Schilder 1924
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Subg. †Oxycypraea (Oxycypraea) Schilder 1924
†Oxycypraea delphinoides Cossmann 1886
G. †Grovesia Dolin and Ledon 2002
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†Grovesia castacensis Stewart 1927
†Grovesia ganensis Dolin and Ledon 2002
†Grovesia mathewsonii Gabb 1869
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Invalid names: Cypraea kerniana Anderson and Hanna 1925 [synonym], Erato mackini Durham 1944 [synonym]
†Grovesia nogarolensis Dolin and Pacaud 2009
†Grovesia phaseolina De Gregorio 1880
Invalid names: Taviania Dolin and Pacaud 2009 [synonym]
G. †Miracypraea Pacaud et al. 2026
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†Miracypraea alluensis Pacaud et al. 2026
G. †Peudosimnia Schilder 1827
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Subg. †Peudosimnia (Vokesina) Dolin and Dockery 2018
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†Peudosimnia (Vokesina) anteana Dolin and Dockery 2018
G. Primovula Thiele 1925
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Subg. †Primovula (Squiresia) Dolin and Dockery 2018
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†Primovula rhodia Adams 1854
G. †Transovula De Gregorio 1880
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†Transovula acuminata Melleville 1843
†Transovula regularoidea Aldrich 1921
†Transovula schefferi de Gregorio 1880
†Transovula scobina Garvie 1996
Subfm. †Sulcocypraeinae Schilder 1939
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G. †Luponovula Sacco 1894
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†Luponovula boggsi Olsson 1928
†Luponovula maniobraensis Squires and Advocate 1986
†Luponovula merlei Dolin and Ledon 2002
†Luponovula normalis de Gregorio 1880
†Luponovula quaggiottoi Dolin and Pacaud 2009
†Luponovula rouaulti Cossmann 1923
Luponovula rugosa Broderip 1827
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Invalid names: Luponovula proserpinae Bayan 1870 [synonym]
Tr. †Sulcocypraeini Schilder 1939
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G. †Sphaerocypraea Schilder 1927
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†Cypraea bowerbanki Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Sphaerocypraea ampla Dockery 1977 [synonym]
†Sphaerocypraea ovulina Grateloup 1833
†Sphaerocypraea tardivelae Dolin and Ledon 2002
†Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Schilder 1939
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Invalid names: Sphaerocypraea keenae Woodring 1959 [synonym], Sphaerocypraea paraguana Ingram 1947 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chimeria Briano 1993 [synonym], Marginocypraea Ingram 1947 [synonym]
G. †Sulcocypraea Conrad 1865
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†Sulcocypraea healeyi Aldrich 1923
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Invalid names: Sulcocypraea conradi Schilder 1927 [synonym]
†Sulcocypraea kennedyi Harris 1895
†Sulcocypraea lintea Conrad 1848
†Sulcocypraea moumieti Dolin and Dolin 1983
†Sulcocypraea vaughani Johnson 1899
G. Willungia Powell 1938
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†Willungia erro Laws 1941
†Willungia ovulatella Tate 1890
Willungia tasmanica Powell 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 93.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (180 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Eocypraea louellae (178509)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6India (Kerala) Cypraea newboldi (178986)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Cypraea mortoni (123411)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Cypraea parahybensis (88070)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Eocypraea sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Eocypraea danica (176994) Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea bullaria (137438 179652)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Eocypraea sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea bullaria (179647)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Eocypraea estellensis (92245)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Eocypraea estellensis (98433)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Ovula novasumma (215686 239601)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Eocypraea nigeriensis, Cypraea ewekoroensis (7791)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Eocypraea cotteri (52132)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Eocypraea sp. (189952)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Cypraea bartlettiana (80170)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Eocypraea eosmithi (90818) Simnia regularoidea (92352)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) Eocypraea novasumma (176456)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Eocypraea castacensis (111552)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Eocypraea eosmithi (80792 92375)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Neosimnia scobina (7788 7789 83950 84337 178054 205520 205533)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Eocypraea moumieti, Eocypraea rouaulti, Luponovula mathewsonii (183748) Eocypraea moumieti, Luponovula merlei, Eocypraea acuminata, Luponovula mathewsonii (183747) Eocypraea sp. (179718) Luponovula merlei (183745) Prionovolva ganensis, Cypraea rouaulti, Luponovula quaggiottoi, Luponovula merlei (183755) Sphaerocypraea tardivelae (183756)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California Sur) Eocypraea sp. (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Eocypraea crescentensis (176361) Eocypraea jimgoederti (208492)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Eocypraea castacensis (122656 183751) Eocypraea maniobraensis (177611 193542) Eocypraea moumieti (183753)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Togo Cypraea sublandanensis (241193)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Eocypraea judithsmithae (200143)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71Cuba Cypraea semen (75318)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Cypraea bayerquei (207116) Cypraea matthewsonii (207113)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Île-de-France) Eocypraea inflata (178124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea dollfusi (178083) Transovula delphinoides (123107)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Cypraea dollfusi (171525) Cypraea inflata (184107) Eocypraea dollfusi (171532) Eocypraea inflata (171526)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Sulcocypraea kennedyi, Lozouetina kennedyi (99673)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Haute-Normandie) Eocypraea boadicea (179205)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Denmark Eocypraea oviformis (146258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Eocypraea boadicea (8125) Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii, Eocypraea boadicea, Eocypraea globularis (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Cypraea castacensis (8013) Cypraea castacensis, Luponovula maniobraensis (201700) Cypraea kerniana (279834) Grovesia mathewsonii (240023)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Cypraea mazzepae (171516)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Veneto) Cypraea ceciliae, Luponovula normalis (177670)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Cypraea bowerbanki (51240)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Sulcocypraea sp. (205440 205496 205537)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Normandie) Oxycypraea delphinoides (179005)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Grovesia ganensis, Taviania phaseolina, Luponovula normalis, Grovesia nogarolensis (177665)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Mexico (Chiapas) Eocypraea sp., Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea castacensis (79943)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Grovesia castacensis (193972)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) Eocypraea sabuloviridis (91758 91760)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Notoluponia ampla (176337)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru (Piura) Amphiperas bullennewtoni (52526) Amphiperas negritensis (52527)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Cypraea kennedyi (92487 92489) Sulcocypraea kennedyi (92308) Sulcocypraea vaughani (92378)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Allmoniella vaughani (184807) Notoluponia healeyi (164232) Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis, Sulcocypraea healeyi, Sulcocypraea conradi (90704) Sulcocypraea healeyi (99675) Sulcocypraea vaughani (90709 99736 99755) Transovula symmetrica (2449 92175 98453)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Primovula symmetrica (277990) Sulcocypraea kennedyi (92206) Sulcocypraea sp. (205410 205485) Transovula sp. (205422)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis, Sulcocypraea healeyi (91115) Sulcocypraea healeyi (90305 92374 98855) Sulcocypraea vaughani (92273)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Aragon) Miracypraea alluensis (278885)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Transovula transovuloides, Cymbovula transovuloides (90469)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Sulcocypraea mathewsonii (203164)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Sulcocypraea healeyi (99762)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Cypraea boggsi (88392) Ovula negritensis (88391)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Erato mackini (91606)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Sulcocypraea healeyi (92300)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Eocypraea inflata (101967 102031)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Willungia ovulatella (176275 205816 205818 205821 205822)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Cypraea ovulatella (176781) Willungia ovulatella (71407)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Somalia Cypraea subexcisa (79042 79043 79048 79049 79057 79059)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77158) Cypraea subexisa (77450)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Victoria) Willungia ovulatella (71236)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Cypraea lintea (84137) Sulcocypraea healeyi (5501 5612 5787 98671) Sulcocypraea lintea (5943 6005 177590 179346)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Netherlands Eocypraea beyrichi (87250)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Apiocypraea subexcisa (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77159)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Zonaria subexcisa (8211)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Australia (Tasmania) Willungia tasmanica (176773)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) Eratopsis erro (84915)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago Sphaerocypraea wegeneri (93369)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) Marginocypraea wegeneri (179723)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Eocypraea michaudiana (70191 74868)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Apiocypraea septemtrionalis (111599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Sphaerocypraea ovulina (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Marginocypraea wegeneri (60144 60703 60705 60706 60707 60708 60710)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Eocypraea miobadensis (178467)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Sphaerocypraea ovulina (178114)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Apiocypraea balcombica (72207)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Michoacan) Eocypraea keenae (66165) Sphaerocypraea wegeneri (66162 66163)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia Eocypraea miobadensis (73137)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Apiocypraea sp. (38823)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Eocypraea keenae (145254)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Apiocypraea pyrula (71156)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Primovula rhodia (78073)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Portugal Apiocypraea davidi (171579)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain Apiocypraea davidi, Apiocypraea spatiosa, Apiocypraea parvoastensis (80562) Apiocypraea parvoastensis (80563)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Bologna) Cypraea labrosa (179658)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Apiocypraea pyrula (74929) Luponia labrosa (179111)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Eocypraea parvoastensis (178457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Simnia acicularis (66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cymbovula acicularis (96538)