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Clanculus lutosus
Taxonomy
Clanculus lutosus was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-PQ-KN511, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Koingnaas/Swartlintjies 50m Complex, which is in a Pliocene transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in South Africa.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Clanculus lutosus Kensley and Pether p. 156 figs. fig. 7 |
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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.
†Clanculus lutosus Kensley and Pether 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986 | Shell top-shaped, of at least 4 postnatal whorls. Whorl profile straight to barely convex. Sculpture of spiral lines bearing bead-like, close-set tubercles; second whorl with 4-6 spirallirae; third whorl with 10-12 lirae; body whorl with 10 lirae above shoulder, 12-14 on base. Shoulder narrowly rounded. Umbilicus broadly open, smooth, with single low spiral ridge. Columella with bipartite tubercle on lower portion. Outer lip slightly thickened, but lacking internal plicae. |