Barycypraea murisimilis Martin 1879 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Muracypraea) murisimilis, Cypraea murisimilis, Zoila (Barycypraea) murisimilis

Synonyms: Barycypraea junghuhni Martin 1899, Cypraea (Luponia) junghuhni Martin 1899, Cypraea junghuhni Martin 1899

Full reference: K. Martin. 1879. Die Tertiärschichten auf Java. Nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Geologische-Reichsmuseum 1-164

Belongs to Barycypraea according to T. A. Darragh 2011

See also Martin 1879, Schilder 1941, Skwarko 1994, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002 and Woodring 1959

Sister taxa: Barycypraea bensoni, Barycypraea caputviperae, Barycypraea humerosa, Barycypraea orangensis, Barycypraea saltoensis, Barycypraea singuensis, Barycypraea subtetragona, Barycypraea suryai, Zoila (Barycypraea) caputviperae

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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