Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
Belongs to Pseudozonaria according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
Sister taxa: Pseudozonaria aequinoctialis, Pseudozonaria annettae, Pseudozonaria arabicula, Pseudozonaria cathyae, Pseudozonaria falconensis, Pseudozonaria frassinetti, Pseudozonaria frassinettii, Pseudozonaria nigropunctata, Pseudozonaria portelli, Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis, Pseudozonaria primarobertsi, Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi, Pseudozonaria robertsi, Pseudozonaria telembiensis, Zonaria (Pseudozonaria) cathyae
Type specimen: NHMW 2010/0038/0013, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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