Cypraeopsis vandervlerki Schilder 1936 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1936. Anatomical characters of the Cypræacea which confirm the conchological classification. Journal of Molluscan Studies 22(2):75-112

Belongs to Cypraeopsis according to F. A. Schilder 1941

See also Schilder 1936

Sister taxon: Cypraeopsis (Cypraeopsis)

Type specimen: Its type locality is Taballar, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian carbonate mudstone/wackestone in the Taballar Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Taballar

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