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Zoila fodinata
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
Year | Name and author |
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2011 | Zoila fodinata Darragh p. 26 figs. 16KâL, N |
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†Zoila fodinata Darragh 2011
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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T. A. Darragh 2011 | Shell 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 25â28 welldeveloped teeth, extending along entire lip; inner lip with 21â 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. |