Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Luponia) ventripotens, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis) ventripotens
Invalid subtaxa: Cypraea (Luponia) pinguis Conrad 1854 [replaced name], Cypraea penguis Conrad 1854 [replaced name]
Full reference: M. Cossmann. 1903. Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée 5:1-215
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to G. D. Harris and K. V. Palmer 1946
See also Conrad 1854, Cossmann 1903, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Schilder 1927
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis bulbus, Cypraeorbis exsplendens, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis kendrewi, Cypraeorbis lineata, Cypraeorbis noveli, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea emilyae, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea chilona
Type specimens:
- Cypraeorbis ventripotens: ANSP 13198, a shell
- Cypraea (Luponia) pinguis: ANSP 13198, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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