Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea korycanensis
Full reference: V. Weinzettl. 1910. Gastropoda ceskeho kridoveho utvaru. Palaeontographica Bohemiae 8:1-56
Belongs to Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) according to L. T. Groves 1990
See also Weinzettl 1910
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) anomala, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) corsicanana, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) desertorum, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) faxensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) libyca, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) limburgensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) maestrichtensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) paronai, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) tithonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) titonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Korycany, which is in a Cenomanian coastal sandstone in the Korycany Formation of the Czech Republic
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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