Subepona antiqua Lamarck 1810 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea antiqua, Proadusta antiqua
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 Subepona according to L. Dolin and J. M. Pacaud 2009
See also Lamarck 1810 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
Sister taxa: Subepona goedertorum, Subepona herrerensis, Subepona leahae, Subepona promeces
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Roncà (Eocene of Italy)
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