Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves. 2011. Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the early Miocene Cantaure Formation of northern Venezuela. Novaplex 12(1-2):1-38
Belongs to Propustularia according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
Sister taxa: Propustularia bartschi, Propustularia caribaea, Propustularia gurabonis, Propustularia kemperae, Propustularia mejasensis, Propustularia paraguanensis, Propustularia parisimina, Propustularia surinamensis
Type specimen: NHMW 2010/0036/0012, a shell. Its type locality is Cantaure Formation (unspecified localities), which is in a Burdigalian transition zone/lower shoreface siliciclastic in the Cantaure Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Cantaure Formation (unspecified localities)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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