Jenneria (Projenneria) ludoviciana Johnson 1899

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea ludoviciana, Projenneria ludoviciana

Synonyms: Cypraea (Bernayia) pijiguayensis Clark and Durham 1946, Jenneria (Projenneria) pijiguayensis Clark and Durham 1946

Full reference: C. W. Johnson. 1899. New and Interesting Species in the "Isaac Lea Collection of Eocene Mollusca". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51(1):71-82

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

See also Clark and Durham 1946, Dolin 1997, Fehse and Vicián 2008, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Johnson 1899

Sister taxa: Jenneria (Projenneria) laeviappenninica, Jenneria (Projenneria) ludoviciania, Jenneria (Projenneria) sulculata, Projenneria albopunctata, Projenneria eniwetokensis, Projenneria lapugyensis, Projenneria neumayri, Projenneria sabaica

Type specimens:

  • Jenneria (Projenneria) ludoviciana: Its type locality is Montgomery Landing (Moodys Branch), which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Moodys Branch Formation of Louisiana
  • Jenneria (Projenneria) pijiguayensis: CAS 34987, a shell. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.

Distribution:

• Eocene of Colombia (1 collection), United States (4: Louisiana, Mississippi)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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