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Willungia ovulatella
Taxonomy
Cypraea ovulatella was named by Tate (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aldinga Cliffs, which is in a Priabonian basinal (carbonate) marl in the Port Willunga Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Austrocypraea ovulatella by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Willungia ovulatella by Fehse and Kendrick (2000), Fehse (2013) and Darragh (2017).
It was recombined as Austrocypraea ovulatella by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Willungia ovulatella by Fehse and Kendrick (2000), Fehse (2013) and Darragh (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1890 | Cypraea ovulatella Tate p. 208 figs. pl. 6 f. 7, 7a |
1971 | Austrocypraea ovulatella Schilder and Schilder |
2000 | Willungia ovulatella Fehse and Kendrick pp. 99 - 100 |
2013 | Willungia ovulatella Fehse pp. 152 - 153 fig. 4 |
2017 | Willungia ovulatella Darragh p. 48 |
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†Willungia ovulatella Tate 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available