Staphylaea limacina Lamarck 1810 (cowry)
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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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