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Tovula
Taxonomy
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Tovula Stephenson p. 189 |
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G. †Tovula Stephenson 1952
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. W. Stephenson 1952 | The genotype is a small, fusiform, rather plump shell having the spire and aperture of about equal length. Protoconch worn but apparently small, smooth, lowturbinate. Sutures deeply impressed . . Surface covered with closely spaced microscopic spiral lirae. Growth lines broadly sinuous. Aperture lanceolate, sharply rounded at the rear, passing in front into a short, open sipho:q.al canal. Outer lip thin, dentate on inner surface a little back of the edge. Inner lip forming a thick callus. Columella with 2 strong folds. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | T. microlirae (4648 6604) |