Jousseaumea sublyncoides d'Orbigny 1852 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Basterotia sublyncoides, Cypraea sublynchoides, Cypraea sublyncoides, Jousseaumea sublynchoides

Synonym: Cypraea lyncoides Grateloup 1845 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1852. Prodrome de Paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés et table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces contenus dans le Prodrome de Paléontologie stratigraphique universelle. Masson, Paris 3(1):1-196

Belongs to Jousseaumea according to P. Lozouet et al. 2001

See also d'Orbigny 1852, Glibert 1963, Sacco 1894, Schilder 1927 and Schilder 1939

Sister taxa: Jousseaumea diluviana, Jousseaumea grateloupi, Jousseaumea joossi, Jousseaumea taurorotunda

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Cabanes reef, Saint-Paul-les-Dax, Adour Valley, Landes (Miocene of France)

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