Jponsia cuvieri Deshayes 1825 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae

Alternative combinations: Cerithium cuvieri, Faunus (Melanatria) cuvieri, Melanatria cuvieri, Melania cuvieri, Pirena cuvieri

Full reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1825. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris, Tome Second: Mollusques 81-146

Belongs to Jponsia according to J. -M. Pacaud and M. Harzhauser 2012

See also Bayan 1870, Deshayes 1825, Fischer 1885 and Oppenheim 1901

Sister taxa: Jponsia geslini, Jponsia vulcanica

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Jponsia cuvieri in the database

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