Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Barycypraea zietsmani, Cypraea zietsmani
Full reference: W. Liltved and F. Leroux. 1988. A new fossil Cypraea (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) from South Africa with notes on the Alexandria Formation. Veliger 30(4):400-407
Belongs to Afrozoila according to D. B. Fehse 2016
See also Landau and Groves 2011 and Liltved and Leroux 1988
Sister taxa: Afrozoila caputavisensis, Afrozoila fultoni, Afrozoila gendinganensis, Afrozoila kendengensis, Afrozoila schilderi, Afrozoila teulerei
Type specimen: SAM-PQ 2573, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of South Africa (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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