Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Alternative combination: Erato cypraeola britannica
Belongs to Erato according to D. Fehse and B. Landau 2001
Sister taxa: Erato (Erato), Erato andecavica, Erato cerulii, Erato cerullii, Erato cooperi, Erato elongata, Erato gallica, Erato globosa, Erato hemmoorensis, Erato hindlei, Erato italica, Erato kimakowiczi, Erato laevilabiata, Erato perexigua, Erato pieris, Erato planulosa, Erato praecedens, Erato subalata, Erato subcypraeola, Erato turonica, Erato venezuelana, Erato voluta
Type specimen: NHM G1845/1, a shell. Its type locality is Sutton, Suffolk [Coralline Crag], which is in a Zanclean coastal siliciclastic in the Coralline Crag Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of France (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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