Barycypraea Schilder 1927 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spelling: Zoila (Barycypraea)

Parent taxon: Bernayinae according to J. L. Soriano 2006

See also Darragh 2011 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Afrocypraea, Archicypraeini, Bernaya, Bernayini, Gisortia, Protocypraea

Subtaxa: Barycypraea bensoni Barycypraea caputviperae Barycypraea humerosa Barycypraea murisimilis Barycypraea orangensis Barycypraea saltoensis Barycypraea singuensis Barycypraea subtetragona Barycypraea suryai Zoila (Barycypraea) caputviperae

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection), Indonesia (9), Pakistan (6)

• Oligocene of Myanmar (1)

• Eocene of Colombia (2)

Total: 19 collections including 26 occurrences

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