Cypraea pennae White 1887 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: C. A. White. 1887. Contribuicoes a paleontologia do Brazil. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janiero 7:1-273

Belongs to Cypraea according to C. S. Ferreira and O. R. Cunha 1957

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 pediculus, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa, Cypraea tigris

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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