Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Barycypraea (Muracypraea) cayapa, Cypraea (Muracypraea) cayapa, Cypraea cayapa, Siphocypraea cayapa
Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
Belongs to Muracypraea according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also DeVries et al. 2006, Groves 1997, Petuch 1988, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Muracypraea andersoni, Muracypraea angustirima, Muracypraea caroniensis, Muracypraea donmoorei, Muracypraea grahami, Muracypraea henekeni, Muracypraea hyaena, Muracypraea isthmica, Muracypraea mus, Muracypraea ormenoi, Muracypraea projecta, Muracypraea tuberae, Muracypraea woodringi
Type specimen: ANSP 13665, a shell. Its type locality is Zone B (lower) - Jama Formation, which is in a Pliocene offshore sandstone in the Jama Formation of Ecuador.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Zone B (lower) - Jama Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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