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Aphera aphrodite
Taxonomy
Aphera aphrodite was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NHMW 2011/0177/0030, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 961 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Aphera aphrodite Landau et al. p. 925 figs. figs. 6.13-6.17, 7.6 |
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†Aphera aphrodite Landau et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Landau et al. 2012 | A small Aphera species with an elongate-ovate shell, a multispiral protoconch, an elevated conical spire, sculpture relatively evenly reticulate, strongly thickened parietal and columellar calluses, which developed into a small shield, and very coarse labral denticles and columellar folds. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | Panama | Aphera aphrodite (type locality: 92597) Aphera islacolonis (52174 93145 93148) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Aphera aphrodite (79783 79791) |