Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea sindiensis
Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350
Belongs to Cypraea (Erosaria) according to M. W. A. Iqbal 1980
See also Harzhauser et al. 2009 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis, Erosaria (Erosaria), Erosaria (Paulonaria), Erosaria (Ravitrona), Erosaria acicularis, Erosaria aliena, Erosaria americana, Erosaria cernica, Erosaria citrina, Erosaria eburnea, Erosaria erosa, Erosaria everwijni, Erosaria helvola, Erosaria labrolineata, Erosaria miliaris, Erosaria ocellata, Erosaria poraria, Erosaria spurca, Erosaria turdus
Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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