†Umbilia furneauxensis Southgate et al. 2021 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: P. C. Southgate, T. A. Militz, and M. Roberts. 2021. A new species of Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884 (Mollusca: Cypraeidae) from the Australian Pliocene. Molluscan Research
Belongs to Umbilia according to P. C. Southgate et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Umbilia (Gigantocypraea), Umbilia (Palliocypraea), Umbilia (Umbilia), Umbilia caepa
Type specimen: TMAGZ10550, a shell. Its type locality is Lackrana, Flinders Island, which is in a Pliocene marine limestone/sandstone in the Cameron Inlet Formation of Australia.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Lackrana, Flinders Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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