Miolyncina

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Miolyncina
Temporal range: Eocene - Pliocene
Fossil of Miolyncina conjungens
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Luriinae
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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 prevostina Grateloup 1847

References

  1. ^ "The Paleobiology Database". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.