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Zoila fodinata

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Zoila fodinata was named by Darragh (2011). Its type specimen is WAM 89.637, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PL 3166. Roe Plains, 2.5 km north of Hampton Microwave Repeater Tower, which is in a Pliocene carbonate sandstone in the Roe Calcarenite Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Zoila fodinata Darragh p. 26 figs. 16K–L, N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusZoilaJousseaume 1884
speciesfodinata

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.

Zoila fodinata Darragh 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Darragh 2011Shell solid, polished, of average size for the genus,
globose, pyriform, ventral surface rounded. Spire slightly
protruding beyond last whorl, covered with thick callus.
Posterior canal short, notched, sides thickened. Anterior canal very short, abruptly truncated, deeply incised. Aperture sinuous, widened above fossula; outer lip with 25–28 welldeveloped teeth, extending along entire lip; inner lip with 21– 25 well-developed teeth, extending along entire lip. Fossula well developed, subrectangular, concave, bounded on inner side by low ridge and anteriorly by sharp terminal ridge; terminal ridge rather broad, extending down into aperture as sharp ridge forming anterior edge of fossula.