Umbilia (Umbilia) prosila Darragh 2002 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: T. A. Darragh. 2002. A revision of the Australian genus Umbilia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 59(2):355-392

Belongs to Umbilia (Umbilia) according to T. A. Darragh 2002

Sister taxa: Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior, Umbilia (Umbilia) armeniaca, Umbilia (Umbilia) capricornica, Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia, Umbilia (Umbilia) hesitata, Umbilia (Umbilia) leptorhyncha, Umbilia (Umbilia) petilirostris, Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha, Umbilia (Umbilia) siphonata

Type specimen: P308716. Its type locality is Ledge, Bird Rock, Torquay, which is in a Chattian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Jan Juc Formation of Australia.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (6)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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