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Aphera trophis
Taxonomy
Aphera trophis was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMB H19627, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PPP# 2232 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm], which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in the Cayo Agua Formation of Panama.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Aphera trophis Landau et al. p. 325 figs. figs. 6.8-6.11 |
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†Aphera trophis Landau et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. D. Landau et al. 2012 | A small Aphera species with broadly ovate shell, a paucispiral protoconch, a depressed conical spire, relatively coarse, horizontally-elongated reticulate sculpture, and a strongly thickened parietal and columellar calluses, which do not developed into a shield. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Aphera trophis (type locality: 135884) |