Eocypraea (Eocypraea) parahybensis Maury 1930 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea parahybensis

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305

Belongs to Eocypraea (Eocypraea) according to F. A. Schilder 1941

See also Maury 1930

Sister taxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea) boadicea, Eocypraea (Eocypraea) bullaria, Eocypraea (Eocypraea) castacensis, Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cotteri, Eocypraea (Eocypraea) louellae, Eocypraea (Eocypraea) mortoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone)

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