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Zoila viathomsoni

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Zoila viathomsoni was named by Darragh (2011). Its type specimen is WAM 72.296, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PL 3171 - 23.5 km north of Highway l, north of Walpole., which is in a Priabonian offshore siltstone in the Pallinup Siltstone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by P. Wagner on 2016-02-05; modified by P. Wagner on 2016-02-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Zoila viathomsoni Darragh pp. 5 - 6 figs. 1D, 2C, 5B–C, H, L
2017Zoila viathomsoni Darragh p. 48

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusZoilaJousseaume 1884
speciesviathomsoni

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.

Zoila viathomsoni Darragh 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Darragh 2011Shell of small size for genus (19–28 mm in length), pyriform. Spire not visible on most specimens, projecting on one specimen. Posterior canal very short, slightly bent to left. Anterior canal very short, slightly deflected to right. Aperture slightly sinuous; outer lip with about 23–25 teeth present along entire lip; columella with about 23–26 teeth present along entire lip. Fossula well-developed, deep, elongate, projecting, bounded anteriorly by thickened ridge; very weak notch present
in inner edge just posterior to anterior ridge; weak terminal
ridge joining edge of fossula. First columellar tooth adjacent to
terminal ridge, almost blocking shallow sulcus that extends
into fossula parallel to terminal ridge.