Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Full reference: J. M. Pacaud and D. Ledon. 2012. Révision des Mollusques de l’Éocène de Blaye (Gironde). 2. Description de trois espèces nouvelles de Cypraeoidea (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda). Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 147(40):1-11
Belongs to Cypraedia according to J. M. Pacaud and D. Ledon 2012
Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia), Cypraedia (Protocypraedia), Cypraedia blaiaensis, Cypraedia carmenensis, Cypraedia chira, Cypraedia elegans, Cypraedia fenestralis, Cypraedia gilberti, Cypraedia girauxi, Cypraedia gizaensis, Cypraedia hyderabadensis, Cypraedia ismaili, Cypraedia ogbei, Cypraedia reedi, Cypraedia subcancellata, Cypraedia subelegans
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A46060, a shell. Its type locality is Blaye, ancienne carrière de l’Octroi (Gironde)., which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Calcaire d'Octroi Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Blaye, ancienne carrière de l’Octroi (Gironde).
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