Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea platyrhyncha angustior, Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha angustior
Full reference: G. B. Pritchard. 1896. A revision of the fossil fauna of the Table Cape beds, Tasmania, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 8:74-150
Belongs to Umbilia (Umbilia) according to T. A. Darragh 2002
See also Pritchard 1896
Sister taxa: Umbilia (Umbilia) armeniaca, Umbilia (Umbilia) capricornica, Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia, Umbilia (Umbilia) hesitata, Umbilia (Umbilia) leptorhyncha, Umbilia (Umbilia) petilirostris, Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha, Umbilia (Umbilia) prosila, Umbilia (Umbilia) siphonata
Type specimen: P2671, a shell. Its type locality is PL 3028 - Cliff between Fossil & 1.5 km northwest towards Table Cape, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Freestone Cove Sandstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (9 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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