Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Barycypraea mus, Cypraea mus, Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) mus
Synonyms: Barycypraea ovum Roding 1798, Cypraea ovum Roding 1798
Belongs to Muracypraea according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also Baluk 1995, DeVries et al. 2006, Doneddu and Manunza 1996, Harzhauser 2004, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 and Olsson and Petit 1967
Sister taxa: Muracypraea andersoni, Muracypraea angustirima, Muracypraea caroniensis, Muracypraea cayapa, Muracypraea donmoorei, Muracypraea grahami, Muracypraea henekeni, Muracypraea hyaena, Muracypraea isthmica, Muracypraea ormenoi, Muracypraea projecta, Muracypraea tuberae, Muracypraea woodringi
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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