†Pedicularia navakaensis Ladd 1982 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100
Belongs to Pedicularia according to H. S. Ladd 1982
Sister taxa: Pedicularia (Pedicularia), Pedicularia californica, Pedicularia cimbrica, Pedicularia deshayesiana, Pedicularia pacifica
Type specimen: USNM 214385, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Navaka River, Santo Island (Quaternary of Vanuatu)
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