Afrozoila kendengensis Schilder 1941 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Barycypraea kendengensis, Zoila (Zoila) kendengensis, Zoila kendengensis

Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1941. The Marine Mollusca of the Kendeng Beds (East Java) Gastropoda, part III (Families Eratoidae Cypraeidae, and Amphiperatidae). Leidsoho Geologische Mededeelingen 1:171-194

Belongs to Afrozoila according to D. B. Fehse 2016

See also Darragh 2011, Landau and Groves 2011 and Schilder 1941

Sister taxa: Afrozoila caputavisensis, Afrozoila fultoni, Afrozoila gendinganensis, Afrozoila schilderi, Afrozoila teulerei, Afrozoila zietsmani

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Pucangan Formation - Java (Pliocene of Indonesia)

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