Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea (Bernayia) saltoensis
Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
Belongs to Barycypraea according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Clark and Durham 1946
Sister taxa: Barycypraea bensoni, Barycypraea caputviperae, Barycypraea humerosa, Barycypraea murisimilis, Barycypraea orangensis, Barycypraea singuensis, Barycypraea subtetragona, Barycypraea suryai, Zoila (Barycypraea) caputviperae
Type specimen: CAS 34986, a shell. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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