Luria (Basilitrona) jenkinsi d'Archiac and Haime 1853 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Lyncina) jenkinsi, Cypraea jenkinsi

Full reference: E. d'Archiac and J. Haime. 1853. Description des animaux fossiles du groupe nummulitique de l'Inde, précédée d'un résumé géologique et d'une monographie des nummulites. Gide & J. Baudry, Paris 1-373

Belongs to Luria (Basilitrona) according to F. A. Schilder 1941

See also d'Archiac and Haime 1853 and Eames 1950

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Luria) cinerea, Luria campbelliana, Luria cantaurana, Luria dominicensis, Luria isabella, Luria isabellaprimitiva, Luria lurida, Luria mariaelisabethae, Luria tessellata, Luria voleki, Luria (Tessellata) chattica, Luria (Tessellata) cahuzaci, Luria (Tessellata) castinea, Luria (Tessellata) pelouaensis, Luria (Basilitrona) sanctesebastiani, Luria (Basilitrona) patrespatriae

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Sri Lanka (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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