Follicucullus Ormiston & Babcock, 1979

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Follicucullus Ormiston & Babcock, 1979

Follicucullus Ormiston & Babcock, 1979: 332 .

Cariver Kozur, 1993: 108.

TYPE SPECIES. — Follicucullus ventricosus Ormiston & Babcock, 1979 ( Ormiston & Babcock 1979: 332, pl. 1, figs 6-14).

AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Guadalupian (Permian), Lamar Limestone, Delaware Basin, USA.

TAXON CODE. — 031.

STATUS. — Valid.

DIAGNOSIS. — “Shell imperforate, apical portion conical, beneath which is a weakly inflated to subspherical region sharply demarked from skirt-like expansion of apertural region. Aperture elliptical, partly closed by flap, which is prolonged into a long spine. A second shorter spine paralleling the first extends from the opposite edge of the aperture. Both spines oblique to the axis of shell. Internally, a pair of longitudinal ribs occupies the apical portion and joins beneath the apex of the shell.” ( Ormiston & Babcock 1979: 332).