Afrocypraea chubbi Rennie 1930 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea chubbi

Full reference: J. V. L. Rennie. 1930. New Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the Upper Cretaceous of Pondoland (with an Appendix on some species from the Cretaceous of Zululand). Annals of the South Africa Museum 28(2):159-260

Belongs to Afrocypraea according to F. A. Schilder 1941

See also Rennie 1930 and Schilder 1932

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Durban Museum, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Mouth of Umzamba River, Pondoand (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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