Staphylaea limacina Lamarck 1810 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea limacina

Full reference: J. -B. Lamarck. 1810. Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques Testacés (Genres Terebellum, Ancillaria et Oliva). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 16:300-328

Belongs to Staphylaea according to C. M. Burgess 1970

See also Lamarck 1810 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus, Staphylaea (Nuclearia), Staphylaea (Staphylaea)

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at USGS M-277c, Ryukyu - Foster (1965) (Pliocene of Japan)

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