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 Zonaria according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
Sister taxa: Zonaria (Zonaria), Zonaria annettae, Zonaria dertamygdaloides, Zonaria dujardini, Zonaria globosa, Zonaria heilprinii, Zonaria mariaelisabethae, Zonaria pittorum, Zonaria porcellus, Zonaria praelatior, Zonaria pseudotumulus, Zonaria sanguinolenta, Zonaria shirleyae, Zonaria simonnei, Zonaria spurcoides, Zonaria theresae, Zonaria travancorica, Zonaria tumulus, Zonaria zonaria, Zonaria zonata
Type specimen: NHMW 2010/0036/0018, 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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