†Palaeocypraea Schilder 1928 (cowry)
Gastropoda - Cypraeoidea - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to T. A. Darragh 2002
Sister taxa: Akleistostoma, Basilitrona, Bernaya, Bernayinae, Bistolida, Calusacypraea, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Erosaria, Erosariinae, Erronea, Erroneinae, Gisortia, Gisortiinae, Loxacypraea, Luriinae, Macrocypraea, Marginocypraea, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Pediculariinae, Proadusta, Prozonaria, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zonariinae
Subtaxa: Palaeocypraea eripnides
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer