Jousseaumea taurorotunda Sacco 1894 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Basterotia sublyncoides taurorotunda, Luria (Tessellata) taurorotunda

Full reference: F. Sacco. 1894. I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, 15 (Cypraeidae, ed Amphiperasidae) 1-74

Belongs to Jousseaumea according to M. Zunino and G. Pavia 2009

See also Dolin and Lozouet 2004 and Sacco 1894

Sister taxa: Jousseaumea diluviana, Jousseaumea grateloupi, Jousseaumea joossi, Jousseaumea sublyncoides

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Valle Ceppi, Torvino Hills (Miocene of Italy)

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