Proadusta gemmosa 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 Proadusta according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004

Sister taxa: Proadusta bitruncata, Proadusta camiadorum, Proadusta distorta, Proadusta elliptica, Proadusta inaequilabiata, Proadusta parvissima, Proadusta parvitala, Proadusta rostralina

Type specimen: MNHN-IM-2000-3704, a shell. Its type locality is Espibos, Gaas, which is in a Rupelian carbonate marl/sandstone in the Calcaire à Astéries Formation of France.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Espibos, Gaas

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