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Projenneria albopunctata

Gastropoda - Pediculariidae

Taxonomy
Projenneria albopunctata was named by Fehse and Vicián (2008). Its type specimen is CS, No. 517, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Forchtenau, which is in a Badenian marine horizon in Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Projenneria albopunctata Fehse and Vicián pp. 358 - 359 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 1–3

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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)
familyPediculariidaeAdams and Adams 1854
subfamilyJenneriinaeThiele 1929
genusProjenneria(Dolin 1997)
speciesalbopunctata

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.

Projenneria albopunctata Fehse and Vicián 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Fehse and Z. Vicián 2008The shell is medium-sized, solid and ovate. The spire covered by callus. The body whorl is subtriangular, inflated and rounded, about 90% of total height, and with both terminals produced and separated from the dorsal elevation by an indentation. The terminal tips are blunt. The dorsum is slightly and evenly elevated. The middorsal sulcus is distinct. The ventrum is slightly convex, with an outer margin that is roundly callused. The aperture is narrow and widens towards the siphonal canal; it is almost straight, slightly curved posteriorly. The labrum is broad and is ventrally convex. The inner labral margin is keeled, slightly sinuous and bears 21–23 fine denticles. The outer labral margin is roundly callused. The parietal lip is slightly callused and bears 17–19 fine denticles. The labral and columellar denticles continue as folds onto the ventrum. The labral folds are close-set, and they continue anteriorly and posteriorly to the outer margin. The columellar folds are spaced, somewhat irregular, and usually disappear before reaching the outer margin. The siphonal and anal canals are indented. The columella is slightly convex, relatively narrow and tapers steeply inwards. There is no inner adaxial carinal ridge. The fossula is long, shallowly concave and is not clearly delimited from the rest of the columella. The inner fossular margin is slightly protruded and roundly edged. The juvenile shell grid is not visible due to callosity.

The dorsal colouration is reddish with white dots of different sizes. The callosities and base are whitish.