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 Praerosaria according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
Sister taxa: Praerosaria amoenacea, Praerosaria biacuta, Praerosaria charlenae, Praerosaria espibosensis, Praerosaria exflaveola, Praerosaria herosae, Praerosaria herosae, Praerosaria herosae, Praerosaria paulonaria, Praerosaria pseudorugosa, Praerosaria tabulata, Cypraeacites persona, Cypraeacites inflatus
Type specimen: MNMH, a shell. Its type locality is Bezoye "Ruisseau", St-Paul-les-Dax, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Bezoye "Ruisseau", St-Paul-les-Dax
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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