Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan, Cypraea leviathan

Belongs to Lyncina according to G. Rosenberg 2005

See also Cate 1968 and Muhs et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum, Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, Lyncina (Callistocypraea), Lyncina amygdalina, Lyncina camelopardalis, Lyncina carneola, Lyncina cingulata, Lyncina eristicos, Lyncina imperialis, Lyncina maestratii, Lyncina magnifica, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina peyroti, Lyncina praecedens, Lyncina tumida

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Mokapu Point, Oahu (Quaternary of Hawaii)

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