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Strobeus ovalis Yoo 1994, n.sp.

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Strobeus ovalis n.sp.

PI. 18 figs 8-12

Description. Shell very small, globular fusiform, moderately thick, anompha10us. Protoconch of small with simple, smooth whorls. Teleoconch of about 3Y2 whorls. First 2 whorls of the shell small, with other whorls markedly inflated, forming a shoulder on the upper part of the third whorl; whorl profile between sutures round in early whorls and rather straight in later whorls, suture shallow, not impressed. Aperture suboval; columellar lip moderately thickened, with a strong fold at the lower end of the columellar, fold obscured by columellar lip in some specimens; anterior siphonal canal broadly rounded.

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Types. Holotype (F78501) and 1 figured paratype (F78498). There are 10 unfigured additional specimens (F78499) from the type locality.

Type locality. 150 m west of 'Marohn' homestead, on the Scone-Gundy roadside, 4 km south-west of Gundy, NSW (Locality 28).

Additional material. 3 figured specimens (F78500) from Glenbawn (Locality 30).

Geographic distribution. Glenbawn area.

Geological age. Late Toumaisian.

Etymology. Derived from the Latin ovatus meaning like an egg.

Notes

Published as part of Yoo, E. K., 1994, Early Carboniferous Gastropoda from the Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia, pp. 63-120 in Records of the Australian Museum 46 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.18, http://zenodo.org/record/4654599

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Family
Soleniscidae
Genus
Strobeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Yoo
Taxonomic status
n.sp.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Strobeus , 1994