Willungia ovulatella Tate 1890 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Austrocypraea ovulatella, Cypraea ovulatella

Full reference: R. Tate. 1890. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia. (Part III). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13:185-235

Belongs to Willungia according to D. Fehse 2013

See also Darragh 2017, Fehse and Kendrick 2000, Schilder and Schilder 1971 and Tate 1890

Sister taxa: Willungia erro, Willungia tasmanica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aldinga Cliffs, which is in a Priabonian basinal (carbonate) marl in the Port Willunga Formation of Australia

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Eocene of Australia (7)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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