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 Ransonia according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
Sister taxa: Notadusta egregia, Notadusta punctata, Notadusta spolongensis, Notadusta trelissickensis, Notadusta victoriana, Ransonia faviai, Ransonia gofasi, Ransonia ferruginosa, Ransonia coseli, Ransonia tarbelliana
Type specimen: MNHN-IM-2000-3725, a shell. Its type locality is Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls, which is in a Chattian estuary/bay marl in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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