Cypraedia gizaensis Abbass 1967 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Cypraedia according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia), Cypraedia (Protocypraedia), Cypraedia aillana, Cypraedia blaiaensis, Cypraedia carmenensis, Cypraedia chira, Cypraedia elegans, Cypraedia fenestralis, Cypraedia gilberti, Cypraedia girauxi, Cypraedia hyderabadensis, Cypraedia ismaili, Cypraedia ogbei, Cypraedia reedi, Cypraedia subcancellata, Cypraedia subelegans

Type specimen: G442, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Egypt 8 (Ras El Ghorab) (Eocene of Egypt)

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