Talparia Troschel 1863 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Talparia)
Parent taxon: Cypraeinae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Ladd 1977, MacNeil 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cypraea, Cypraeini, Jousseaumea, Leporicypraea, Macrocypraea, Mauritia, Muracypraea, Plaziatia, Praerosaria, Prozonarina, Schilderia, Zonarina
Subtaxa: Talparia (Talparia) Talparia talpa
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (2: Hawaii)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of United States (7: Florida)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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