Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) anomala Stoliczka 1867 (cowry)

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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