Plaziatia Dolin and Lozouet 2004 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164

Parent taxon: Cypraeinae according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004

Sister taxa: Cypraea, Cypraeini, Jousseaumea, Leporicypraea, Macrocypraea, Mauritia, Muracypraea, Praerosaria, Prozonarina, Schilderia, Talparia, Zonarina

Subtaxa: Plaziatia amandula Plaziatia estotiensis Plaziatia parasigmapertura Plaziatia subglobosa

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Type: Cypraea robertsi

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (3)

Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences

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