Cypraea pediculus Lamarck 1802 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1802. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1:383-391

Belongs to Cypraea according to J. B. Lamarck 1802

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Austrocypraea), Cypraea (Bernayia), Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo, Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri, Cypraea (Conocypraea), Cypraea (Cribrarula), Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria, Cypraea (Cypraea), Cypraea (Cypropterina), Cypraea (Luponia), Cypraea (Notocypraea), Cypraea boucheti, Cypraea fenestratis, Cypraea flaveola, Cypraea ohiroi, Cypraea pantherina, Cypraea pennae, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa, Cypraea tigris

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Grignon (Lamarck collection) (Eocene of France)

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