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Pictavia undetermined

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: Pictavia? sp. Plate 8: figs 10, 11 Material. 1 specimen, SNSB-BSPG 2016 XXI 1790. Description. Shell naticiform, egg-shaped, significantly higher than wide, 20 mm high; spire small; whorl face convex; sutures distinctly deepened; last whorl very large, inflated, higher than wide but distinctly elevated; transition from whorl face to strongly convex base evenly convex; shell smooth; growth lines not visible; aperture not preserved or covered with rock. Remarks. Natica amata d’Orbigny sensu Loriol in Loriol and Bourgeat (1886–1888) is larger and has higher spire whorls; its last whorl is higher than wide.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14395454

Authors: Gründel, Joachim, Nützel, Alexander

Institutions: Freie Universität Berlin, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Bavarian Natural History Collections, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6930753132

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