Cymia michaocanensis Perrilliat 1987 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: M.C. Perrilliat. 1987. Gasteropodos y un cefalopodo de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan. Paleontologia Mexicana 52:1-58

Belongs to Cymia according to M.C. Perrilliat 1987

Sister taxa: Cymia (Cymia), Cymia berryi, Cymia cocoditana, Cymia heimi, Cymia sacellum, Cymia sekii, Cymia woodii, Thais (Cymia) carinifera, Thais (Cymia) costata, Thais (Cymia) javanica, Thais (Cymia) preangerensis

Type specimen: IGM-3223, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cymia michaocanensis in the database

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