Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: M. d. C. Perrilliat, J. Avendaño, and F. J. Vega. 2003. Middle Eocene Cypraeoideans from the San Juan Formation, Chiapas, southern Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciecnias Geológicas 20(1):41-51
Belongs to Macrocypraea according to M. d. C. Perrilliat et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Macrocypraea) spengleri, Macrocypraea anguillana, Macrocypraea cervus, Macrocypraea joanneae, Macrocypraea zebra
Type specimen: IHN 6682, a shell. Its type locality is IHN 1005, Veinte de Noviembre, which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal limestone in the San Juan Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at IHN 1005, Veinte de Noviembre
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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