Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: C. L. Garvie. 1996. The Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Marquez Member (Eocene: Lower Claibornian), in Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 111(352):1-177
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to C. L. Garvie 1996
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis exsplendens, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis kendrewi, Cypraeorbis lineata, Cypraeorbis noveli, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea plumbea
Type specimen: PRI 30371, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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