Cypraedia (Cypraedia) macrodon Dolin and Pacaud 2009 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae

Full reference: L. Dolin and J. M. Pacaud. 2009. Les Cypraeoidea et Velutinoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) du Lutétien inférieur du Vicentin et du Véronais (nord-est de l’Italie). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 28(2):277-314

Belongs to Cypraedia (Cypraedia) according to L. Dolin and J. M. Pacaud 2009

Sister taxa: Cypraedia (Cypraedia) aplisiopsis, Cypraedia (Cypraedia) fenestralis, Cypraedia (Cypraedia) ravni, Cypraedia (Cypraedia) separabilis

Type specimen: MGPD 29730, a shell. Its type locality is Cava Albanello di Nogarole Vicentino (Padova collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate marl in the Marne Euganee Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Cava Albanello di Nogarole Vicentino (Padova collection)

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