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Phenacovolva propheta

Gastropoda - Ovulidae

Taxonomy
Phenacovolva propheta was named by Dolin and Lozouet (2004). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls, which is in a Chattian estuary/bay marl in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Phenacovolva propheta Dolin and Lozouet p. 78 figs. 25a-b

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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
genusPhenacovolvaIredale 1930
speciespropheta

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.

Phenacovolva propheta Dolin and Lozouet 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004La coquille particulierement mince et fragile, possede une taille moyenne pour le genre (H. evaluee a enviran 20 mm) et une forme fuso"ide, tres allongee, cambree dorsalement. La spire est involuree. l:aire dorsale est tres finement striee longitudinalement. Le canal siphonal, peu profond et mal delimite, est demesurement allonge, formant un pontet semi-tubulaire, retrousse par rapport a la sole ventrale. Le pli terminal, long et droit, en cornet, est simple. La levre externe, amaigrie en son quart anterieur, mince et relativement rectiligne, est de section arrondie et uniformement lisse.