†Cypraea (Luponia) Gray 1837 (cowry)
Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Luponia
Parent taxon: Cypraea according to F. McCoy 1877
See also Gabb 1869
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Austrocypraea), Cypraea (Bernayia), Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo, Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri, Cypraea (Conocypraea), Cypraea (Cribrarula), Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria, Cypraea (Cypraea), Cypraea (Cypropterina), Cypraea (Notocypraea), Cypraea boucheti, Cypraea fenestratis, Cypraea flaveola, Cypraea ohiroi, Cypraea pantherina, Cypraea pediculus, Cypraea pennae, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa, Cypraea tigris
Subtaxa: Cypraea (Luponia) subchinensis
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Epi Island (Miocene of Vanuatu)