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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Willungia : Willungia ovulatella |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Eocypraeidae : Willungia : Willungia ovulatella |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Willungia |
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| Scientific Name | Willungia ovulatella (Tate, 1890) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Willungia ovulatella | species | belongs to Cypraea | stated without evidence | Tate, 1890 | | Willungia ovulatella | species | belongs to Austrocypraea | stated without evidence | Schilder and Schilder, 1971 | | Willungia ovulatella | species | belongs to Willungia | stated with evidence | Fehse and Kendrick, 2000 | | Willungia ovulatella | species | belongs to Willungia | stated without evidence | Darragh, 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cypraeoidea) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | omnivore, grazer (based on Cypraeoidea) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Tate. 1890. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia. (Part III). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13:185-235 |
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| Tate R. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia. (Part III), Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13, 185-235 |
| Schilder M., Schilder F. A. (1971) A catalogue of living and fossil cowries, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoire 85, 1-246 |
| Fehse D., Kendrick G. W. (2000) A new species of Austrocypraea (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Late Pliocene of the Eucla Basin, southern Australia, Records of the Western Australian Museum 20, 95-101 |
| Fehse D. (2013) The genus Willungia Powell, 1938 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) and its assignment to the higher systematics, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 299 1-6, 149 -158 |
| Darragh T. A. (2017) Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia, Records of the Western Australian Museum 32, 29-100 doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(1).2017.029-100 |
| Darragh, T. A. (2017). Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia. Records of the West Australian Museum 32: 29-100. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Darragh, T. A. (2017) Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia: Records of the West Australian Museum 32: 29-100. 32(1): 29-100 - via Catalogue of Life |
Willungia ovulatella ✝
