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Zoila campestris
Taxonomy
Zoila campestris was named by Darragh (2011) [= Cypraea (Zoila) sp. Ludbrook, 1978, p. 129, pl. 13, fig. 19; Zoila sp. Wilson and Clarkson, 2004: 52, pl. 55, figs a, b.]. Its type specimen is WAM 89.177, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PL 3166. Roe Plains, 2.5 km north of Hampton Microwave Repeater Tower, which is in a Pliocene carbonate sandstone in the Roe Calcarenite Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2011 | Zoila campestris Darragh pp. 24 - 26 figs. 16A–B, E–J, O |
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†Zoila campestris Darragh 2011
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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T. A. Darragh 2011 | Shell solid, polished, of average size for genus, globose, surface on some specimens malleated with rectangular depressions, with sides about 1.5 mm long; ventral surface flattened. Spire barely protruding beyond last whorl, covered with thick callus. Posterior canal short, notched, sides thickened. Anterior canal very short, abruptly truncated, deeply incised. Aperture sinuous, widened above fossula; outer lip with 17–24 well-developed teeth, extending along entire lip; inner lip with 17–21 well developed teeth, extending along entire lip. Fossula well developed, deeply depressed, bounded anteriorly by sharp terminal ridge. Colour pattern present on some specimens, of brown ground with darker brown patches. |
Measurements
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References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Zoila campestris (type locality: 176028 176029) | |
Gelasian | Australia (Western Australia) | Zoila campestris (152476) |