Talparia (Arestorides) nahaensis MacNeil 1960 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: F. S. MacNeil. 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339:1-148

Belongs to Talparia (Arestorides) according to F. S. MacNeil 1960

Sister taxon: Arestorides argus

Type specimen: USNM 563023, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 17541 - Naha Limestone, Ryukyu Group, Okinawa, which is in a Pliocene lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone/limestone in Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at USGS 17541 - Naha Limestone, Ryukyu Group, Okinawa

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