Pereiraea Crosse 1867 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Parent taxon: Strombidae according to H. L. Abbass 1967

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Canarium, Doxander, Jaumaporta, Jogjacartanus, Laevella, Lobatus, Platyoptera, Prestrombus, Rimella, Strombinae, Stromboconus, Terebellum, Terestrombus, Tibia, Tridentarius, Ueckeritzella, Volutostrombus

Subtaxa: Pereiraea palmerae

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Egypt 13 (Eocene of Egypt)

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