Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea vitellus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Cypraea (Lyncina) according to T. Okutaini 2000
See also Linnaeus 1758 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum, Lyncina (Callistocypraea), Lyncina amygdalina, Lyncina camelopardalis, Lyncina carneola, Lyncina cingulata, Lyncina eristicos, Lyncina imperialis, Lyncina leviathan, Lyncina maestratii, Lyncina magnifica, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina peyroti, Lyncina praecedens, Lyncina tumida
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: Hawaii)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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