Trona apenninensis Sacco 1894 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea (Mauritia) apenninensis

Full reference: F. Sacco. 1894. I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, 15 (Cypraeidae, ed Amphiperasidae) 1-74

Belongs to Trona according to F. A. Schilder 1941

See also Sacco 1894 and Schilder 1932

Sister taxa: Trona (Trona), Trona calhounensis, Trona carcarensis, Trona ingrami, Trona leporina, Trona lyncoides, Trona stercoraria, Trona subporcellus, Trona trinitatensis

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Cassinelle (Oligocene of Italy)

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