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A new species of Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884 (Mollusca: Cypraeidae) from the Australian Pliocene

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MOLLUSCAN RESEARCH
Volume 41, Issue 3, Pages 214-221

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2021.1962588

Keywords

Gastropoda; marine; cowrie; fossil; Cameron Inlet Formation; taxonomy

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  1. University of the Sunshine Coast Research Initiative

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A new morphologically distinct species of cowry, Umbilia furneauxensis, has been described from the Pliocene of Flinders Island, Tasmania. This species is characterized by its relatively small size, extension of apertural dentition, and callused margins with shallow depressions forming a dimpled surface. It is the third Umbilia species recognized from the Australian Pliocene.
A new morphologically distinct species of cowry (family Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815) is described from the Pliocene of Flinders Island, Tasmania. Diagnostic features of Umbilia furneauxensis n. sp. include relatively small size (<60 mm), extension of apertural dentition to at least midway on the ventrum and labrum, and heavily callused margins with numerous shallow depressions forming a dimpled surface that may extend on to the base. It is the third Umbilia species to be recognised from the Australian Pliocene.

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