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Eocypraea novasumma
Taxonomy
Ovula novasumma was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30499, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
It was recombined as Eocypraea novasumma by Perrilliat (2013), Groves and Squires (2023).
It was recombined as Eocypraea novasumma by Perrilliat (2013), Groves and Squires (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Ovula novasumma Nelson p. 425 figs. pl. 57, fig. 2 |
| 2013 | Eocypraea novasumma Perrilliat p. 134 figs. 4.3, 4 |
| 2023 | Eocypraea novasumma Groves and Squires p. 24 figs. Figures 8A-C |
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†Eocypraea novasumma Nelson 1925
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. d. C. Perrilliat 2013 | Shell small-sized, ovate. Maximum diameter just posterior to middle shell. Shell surface smooth. Aperture narrow, broken in anterior end; outer lip smooth and thickened; inner lip also smooth. Anal canal curved. |
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||