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Neosimnia leathesii

Gastropoda - Ovulidae

Taxonomy
Ovula leathesi was named by Sowerby (1825). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Ovula leathesii by Sowerby (1823) and Wood (1848); it was recombined as Calpurna leathesi by Fleming (1828); it was recombined as Simnia leathesi by Schilder (1941) and Dolin and Ledon (2002); it was recombined as Simnia (Neosimnia) leathesi by Regteren Altena (1965); it was recombined as Neosimnia leathesi by Marquet (1997); it was recombined as Neosimnia leathesii by Van Dingenen et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Ovula leathesii Sowerby figs. pl. 2, figs. 1a, b
1828Calpurna leathesi Fleming p. 331
1848Ovula leathesii Wood p. 14
1941Simnia leathesi Schilder p. 109
1965Simnia (Neosimnia) leathesi Regteren Altena p. 28 figs. pl. 10, fig. 104
1997Neosimnia leathesi Marquet pp. 73 - 74 figs. PI. 1, Fig. 10
2002Simnia leathesi Dolin and Ledon p. 341
2016Neosimnia leathesii Van Dingenen et al. p. 128

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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)
familyOvulidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyOvulinaeFlemming 1822
genusNeosimniaRisso 1826
speciesleathesii(Sowerby 1825)

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.

Neosimnia leathesii Sowerby 1825
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Marquet 1997Fairly large, convolute shell. No spire is visible in adult shells. The aperture is narrow and longer than the other parts of the shell, being broadest towards the base. The outer lip is thickened, the inner lip shows a callus. No ornament is present, with the exception of a line running parallel to the aperture, on the dorsal side.