Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168
Belongs to Callistocypraea (Miolyncina) according to F. E. Eames 1952
Sister taxa: Callistocypraea (Miolyncina) prunum, Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) amygdalina, Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) aquitanica, Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) subovum, Miolyncina cocconii, Miolyncina conjungens, Miolyncina prevostina
Type specimen: BMNH G68269, a shell. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.2734, Zinda Pir, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Fossil Bed F.2734, Zinda Pir
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