Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: R. Abrard. 1946. Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Annales de Paléontologie 32:1-112
Belongs to Cypraea (Erosaria) according to R. Abrard 1946
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, Cypraea (Erosaria) sindiensis, Erosaria (Erosaria), Erosaria (Paulonaria), Erosaria (Ravitrona), Erosaria acicularis, Erosaria aliena, Erosaria americana, Erosaria cernica, Erosaria citrina, Erosaria eburnea, Erosaria erosa, Erosaria everwijni, Erosaria helvola, Erosaria labrolineata, Erosaria miliaris, Erosaria ocellata, Erosaria poraria, Erosaria spurca, Erosaria turdus
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Malekula [Malua Formation] (Pliocene of Vanuatu)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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