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Fasciolaria dinglei
Taxonomy
Fasciolaria dinglei was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-PQ-AV547, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Avontuur A 50m complex 3, which is in a Pliocene shoreface horizon in South Africa.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Fasciolaria dinglei Kensley and Pether p. 189 figs. 27, 28 |
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†Fasciolaria dinglei Kensley and Pether 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986 | Shell with aperture longer than spire. Four to five postnatal whorls. Profile of whorls evenly convex. Third whorl with 12-13 fine spiral lirae; fourth with 15- 16 lirae; body whorl with 50-55 lirae running on to anterior canal; lirae on upper body whorl near suture having finer intermediates appearing; lirae on base of body whorl becoming coarser and broader. Columella with 3 pleats, sometimes obscured in large specimens; low ridge on upper columella just below suture. Anterior canal about half length of rest of aperture, flexed to left. Inner surface of outer lip with up to 25 rounded ridges. |