Praerosaria herosae 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 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 paulonaria, Praerosaria perlacea, Praerosaria pseudorugosa, Praerosaria tabulata, Cypraeacites inflatus, Cypraeacites persona

Type specimen: MNHN-IM-2000-3769, 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: there are no occurrences of Praerosaria herosae in the database

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