Afrozoila caputavisensis Beets 1986 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Zoila caputavisensis

Full reference: C. Beets. 1986. Neogene Mollusca from the Vogelkop (Bird's Head Peninsula), West Irian, New Guinea. Scripta Geologica 82:101-134

Belongs to Afrozoila according to D. B. Fehse 2016

See also Beets 1986

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

Type specimen: RGM 42 262, a shell. Its type locality is Vogelkop, R. 26, Klasaman Formation, New Guinea, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marginal marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Klasaman Formation of Indonesia.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Vogelkop, R. 26, Klasaman Formation, New Guinea

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