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Amaea (Discoscala) ghorabensis

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Amaea (Discoscala) ghorabensis was named by Abbass (1967) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene; Egypt.]. Its type specimen is G. 419, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. macula, A. texana, A. niasensis, A. suroclathrata, A. dickersoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Amaea (Discoscala) ghorabensis Abbass p. 42 figs. pl. 7, figs. 19-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAmaeaAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusDiscoscalaSaccoa 1890
speciesghorabensis

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Diagnosis
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