Proadusta Sacco 1894 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Proadusta)

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to M. Harzhauser 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae

Subtaxa: Proadusta bitruncata Proadusta camiadorum Proadusta distorta Proadusta elliptica Proadusta gemmosa Proadusta inaequilabiata Proadusta parvissima Proadusta parvitala Proadusta rostralina Proadusta truncata

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Italy (1)

• Eocene of Mexico (1)

Total: 6 collections including 13 occurrences

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