Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: T. A. Darragh. 2011. A revision of the Australian fossil species of Zoila (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 68:1-28
Belongs to Zoila according to T. A. Darragh 2011
See also Darragh 2017
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Zoila) itoigawai, Zoila (Zoila), Zoila campestris, Zoila chathamensis, Zoila didymorhyncha, Zoila dolichorhyncha, Zoila fodinata, Zoila gigas, Zoila glomerabilis, Zoila mulderi, Zoila platypyga
Type specimen: WAM 72.296, a shell. Its type locality is PL 3171 - 23.5 km north of Highway l, north of Walpole., which is in a Priabonian offshore siltstone in the Pallinup Siltstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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