Cymia berryi Olsson 1931 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Cymia according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Cymia (Cymia), Cymia cocoditana, Cymia heimi, Cymia michaocanensis, Cymia sacellum, Cymia sekii, Cymia woodii, Thais (Cymia) carinifera, Thais (Cymia) costata, Thais (Cymia) javanica, Thais (Cymia) preangerensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Bravo Grits at Caleto Sal, which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Mancora Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Punta Bravo Grits at Caleto Sal

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