Contradusta Meyer 2003 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: C. P. Meyer. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79(3):401-459
Parent taxon: Erroneinae according to C. P. Meyer 2003
Sister taxa: Bistolidini, Eclogavena, Erronea, Erroneini, Melicerona, Notopulonia, Palmulacypraea, Purpuradusta
Subtaxa: Contradusta walkeri
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Pucangan Formation - Java (Pliocene of Indonesia)
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