Miolyncina
| Miolyncina Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Fossil of Miolyncina conjungens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | †Miolyncina Schilder 1932 |
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 margaritaria Dovesi & Lorenz 2024
- †Miolyncina prevostina Grateloup 1847
References
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.