Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea andegavensis
Full reference: J. L. M. Defrance. 1826. Conchyliologie et Malacologie. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 10:1-36
Belongs to Schilderia according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
See also Defrance 1826 and Van Dingenen et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Schilderia amygdalum, Schilderia brebioni, Schilderia columbaria, Schilderia decorticata, Schilderia fasciolaria, Schilderia flavicula, Schilderia garonettii, Schilderia incognita, Schilderia infernoi, Schilderia lauriatae, Schilderia longiscata, Schilderia plioamygdalum, Schilderia pseudamygdalum, Schilderia semidenticulata, Schilderia subannularia, Schilderia taurovalis, Schilderia utricolata, Schilderia veronicata
Type specimen: MNHN-Malacologie figure Planche 19, figure 3a-3c, a shell. Its type locality is Ferme la Presseliere, Sceaux d'Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, which is in a Messinian coastal sandstone in the Lower Redonien Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Ferme la Presseliere, Sceaux d'Anjou, Maine-et-Loire
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