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Burnupena aestus
Taxonomy
Burnupena aestus was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-PQ-AV541, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Burnupena aestus Kensley and Pether pp. 183-184 figs. figs. 24-25 |
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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.
†Burnupena aestus Kensley and Pether 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986 | Shell elongate, relatively slender, spire longer than aperture. At least 5 postnatal whorls. Profile of whorls convex, with slight hollowing just below suture. Columella smooth, basally flexed slightly to left, with rounded ridge just below suture; base rounded. Inner surface of outer lip with 20-22 rounded ridges. Sculpture consisting of fine spiral lirae, occasionally doubled on lower whorls; spiral lirae narrowly rounded to carinate. Second whorl with 10-12 lirae; third with 12-15; fourth with about 20; body whorl with up to 56 lirae. |