Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea (Erosaria) aliena
Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1939. Cypraeacea aus dem Tertiär von Trinidad, Venezuela und den Antillen. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 62:1-35
Belongs to Erosaria according to E. J. Petuch 1988
See also Perrilliat et al. 2010 and Schilder 1939
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis, Cypraea (Erosaria) sindiensis, Erosaria (Erosaria), Erosaria (Paulonaria), Erosaria (Ravitrona), Erosaria acicularis, 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
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at 1 km E of Huitiupán town (Miocene of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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