Barycypraea singuensis Vredenburg 1921 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea (Bernayia) singuensis

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1921. Results of a revision of some portions of Dr Noetling's second monograph on the Tertiary fauna of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 51:224-302

Belongs to Barycypraea according to F. A. Schilder 1941

See also Vredenburg 1921

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Singu (Singu stage), which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Singu Formation of Myanmar

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Singu (Singu stage)

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