Cypraedia carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Cypraedia according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia), Cypraedia (Protocypraedia), Cypraedia aillana, Cypraedia blaiaensis, 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: CAS 34988, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8054 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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