Luria (Tessellata) cahuzaci Dolin and Lozouet 2004 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164

Belongs to Luria (Tessellata) according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Luria) cinerea, Luria campbelliana, Luria cantaurana, Luria dominicensis, Luria isabella, Luria isabellaprimitiva, Luria lurida, Luria mariaelisabethae, Luria tessellata, Luria voleki, Luria (Tessellata) castinea, Luria (Tessellata) pelouaensis, Luria (Tessellata) chattica, Luria (Basilitrona) jenkinsi, Luria (Basilitrona) patrespatriae, Luria (Basilitrona) sanctesebastiani

Type specimen: MNHN-IM-2000-3690, a shell. Its type locality is Estoti St-Paul-les-Dax, which is in a Chattian perireef or subreef sandstone in the Falun de St. Paul-les-Dax Formation of France.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Estoti St-Paul-les-Dax

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