Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164
Parent taxon: Erosariinae according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Dolin and Aguerre 2018 and Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Sister taxa: Erosaria, Erosariini, Monetaria, Naria, Nucleolaria, Propustularia, Staphylaea
Subtaxa: Subepona antiqua Subepona goedertorum Subepona herrerensis Subepona leahae Subepona promeces
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (3 collections)
• Eocene of France (2), Italy (1), United States (5: California, Washington)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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