Prozonarina fabagina Lamarck 1810 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Bernaya) fabagina, Cypraea (Bernayia) fabagina, Cypraea (Zonaria) fabagina, Cypraea fabagina, Cypraeorbis fabagina, Zonaria fabagina

Full reference: J. -B. Lamarck. 1810. Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques Testacés (Genres Terebellum, Ancillaria et Oliva). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 16:300-328

Belongs to Prozonarina according to D. Fehse 2007

See also Islamoglu and Taner 2002, Lamarck 1810, Lozouet et al. 2001, Sacco 1894 and Schilder 1932

Sister taxa: Prozonarina barcamorpha, Prozonarina brocchii, Prozonarina expansa, Prozonarina haueriana, Prozonarina maxima, Prozonarina regalis

Type specimen: BS.043.06.011, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (6 collections), Malta (1), Turkey (3)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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