Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. T. Groves. 1997. A review of cypraeiform gastropods from Neogene strata of northwestern Ecuador, with the description of two new species. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 30(3):147-157
Belongs to Zonaria (Pseudozonaria) according to L. T. Groves 1997
Sister taxa: Pseudozonaria aequinoctialis, Pseudozonaria annettae, Pseudozonaria arabicula, Pseudozonaria cathyae, Pseudozonaria falconensis, Pseudozonaria fehsei, Pseudozonaria frassinetti, Pseudozonaria frassinettii, Pseudozonaria nigropunctata, Pseudozonaria portelli, Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis, Pseudozonaria primarobertsi, Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi, Pseudozonaria robertsi, Pseudozonaria telembiensis
Type specimen: LACMIP 12433, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1397 - Quebrada Camarones, which is in a Pliocene deep-water shale in the Onzole Formation of Ecuador.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at TU 1397 - Quebrada Camarones
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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