Afrozoila schilderi Dey 1961 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Zoila schilderi

Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

Belongs to Afrozoila according to D. B. Fehse 2016

See also Dey 1961

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala)

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