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 Pseudozonaria according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
Sister taxa: Pseudozonaria aequinoctialis, Pseudozonaria annettae, Pseudozonaria arabicula, Pseudozonaria cathyae, Pseudozonaria fehsei, Pseudozonaria frassinetti, Pseudozonaria frassinettii, Pseudozonaria nigropunctata, Pseudozonaria portelli, Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis, Pseudozonaria primarobertsi, Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi, Pseudozonaria robertsi, Pseudozonaria telembiensis, Zonaria (Pseudozonaria) cathyae
Type specimen: NMB H18368, 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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