Aldinga Cliffs (Eocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.3° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 55.3° S, 133.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: P19-P20 foram zone, Ruwarung Member (Port Willunga Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Fehse. 2013. The genus Willungia Powell, 1938 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) and its assignment to the higher systematics. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 299(1-6):149 -158 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176781: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.03.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
"Cypraea ovulatella n. sp." = Willungia ovulatella
"Cypraea ovulatella n. sp." = Willungia ovulatella Tate 1890 snail