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Aphera trophis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Aphera trophis was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMB H19627, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PPP# 2232 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm], which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in the Cayo Agua Formation of Panama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bronni, A. islacoloni, A. islahispanae, A. scopalvea, A. wannonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Aphera trophis Landau et al. p. 325 figs. figs. 6.8-6.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusApheraAdams and Adams 1854
speciestrophis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Aphera trophis Landau et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. D. Landau et al. 2012A small Aphera species with broadly ovate shell, a paucispiral protoconch, a depressed conical spire, relatively coarse, horizontally-elongated reticulate sculpture, and a strongly thickened parietal and columellar calluses, which do not developed into a shield.