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Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum
Taxonomy
Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-PQ-HB527, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. expectatum, E. foliaceicostum, E. humphreysi, E. imperiale, E. leroyi, E. multiliniferum, E. muricatum, E. sculptatum, E. paytens, E. gabbi, E. novangliae, E. rushii, E. sericifilum, E. venezuelense, E. emydoneus, E. groenlandica, E. suboptima, E. charitopolos, E. foliaceicostatum, E. foliaceicostum, E. foliaceicostum, E. foliaceiscostatum, E. krebsii, E. replicata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum Kensley and Pether p. 169 figs. fig, 16 |
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†Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum Kensley and Pether 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986 | Protoconch unknown; at least 6 postnatal whorls. First whorl with 12-13
well-defined rounded lamellae; second to fifth whorls each with 15 lamellae; body whorl with 14 lamellae. At least 20 very fine spiral lines visible between lamellae, becoming obscure near upper and lower sutures, and difficult to count. Strong basal lira on body whorl. Suture crenulate. Outer lip varicoid. |
Measurements
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| References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Epitonium lycocephalum (118317) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Epitonium lycocephalum (118303) |