Eratotrivia crenata Deshayes 1835 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea crenata

Synonyms: Cypraea crenularis Oppenheim 1901, Eratotrivia crenularis Oppenheim 1901

Full reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1835. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris, Tome Second: Mollusques 495-780

Belongs to Cypraea according to G. P. Deshayes 1835

See also Dolin and Pacaud 2009, Glibert 1963, Sacco 1894 and Schilder 1927

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 pennae, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa, Cypraea tigris

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Les BĂ´ves, Parnes (Eocene of France)

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