Miolyncina
Miolyncina Temporal range:
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Subfamily: | Luriinae
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Genus: | Miolyncina Schilder 1932
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Miolyncina is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Fossil record[]
Fossils of Miolyncina are found in marine strata from the Eocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 48.6 to 2.588 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Italy, France, India, Pakistan, Poland and Sri Lanka.
Species[]
- †Miolyncina cocconii Mayer-Eymar 1875
- †Miolyncina conjungens Sacco 1894
- †Miolyncina prevostina Grateloup 1847
References[]
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
Categories:
- Cypraeidae
- Cypraeidae stubs