Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Pustularia) nucleus, Cypraea nucleus, Pustularia nucleus, Staphylaea (Nuclearia) nucleus
Belongs to Cypraea (Staphylaea) according to T. Okutaini 2000
See also Anderson 1929 and MacNeil 1960
Sister taxa: Staphylaea (Nuclearia), Staphylaea (Staphylaea), Staphylaea limacina
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Japan (2), Mozambique (1), Papua New Guinea (2), the Seychelles (2), Tuvalu (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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