Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea anomala, Cyproglobina (Pseudocypraea) anomala, Transovula anomala
Full reference: F. Stoliczka. 1867. Cretaceous fauna of southern India. The Gastropoda of the Cretaceous rocks of southern India. Palaeontologia Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, ser. 5 2(1–4):1-204
Belongs to Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) according to L. T. Groves 1994
See also Schilder 1926, Schilder 1927, Schilder 1941 and Stoliczka 1867
Sister taxa: Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) corsicanana, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) deserti, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) desertorum, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) drumensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) faxensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) korycanensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) libyca, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) limburgensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) maestrichtensis, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) paronai, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) primigenia, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) tithonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) titonica, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) vayssierei
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Vylapaudy near Tiruchcirappalli (Cretaceous of India)
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