Notoluponia pyrulata Tate 1890 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea pyrulata

Full reference: R. Tate. 1890. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia. (Part III). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13:185-235

Belongs to Notoluponia according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1890

Sister taxon: Notoluponia murraviana

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Abrakurrie Limestone - Murra-el-Elevyn Cave (Miocene of Australia)

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