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Auricula ovata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Taxonomy
Auricula ovata was named by Lamarck (1804). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Auricula ovata Lamarck p. 435 figs. Pl 19, fig 8
1824Auricula ovata Deshayes p. 68 figs. Pl 6, figs 12,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyRingiculidaePhilippi 1853
genusAuriculaDeshayes 1838
speciesovata

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Auricula ovata Lamarck 1804
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Diagnosis
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