Stromboidea

• Aporrhaidae
  • Aporrhais
    • Aporrhais limburgensis Binkhorst, 1861

Original Description of Aporrhais limburgensis by Binkhorst, 1861:

• "Testa fusiformi, turrita. Apice acuminato. Anfractibus octo, longitudinaliter costatis, transversim tenuiter striatis; ultimo anfractu duas tertias partes altitudinis testae aequante. Labro dilatato, in alam extenso. Ala longitudinali plica margini alae parallela ornata; supra spiram ad marginem superiorem sexti anfractus ascendente, quatuor palmata digitis divaricatis. Ultimo anfractu, ubi digiti plicis longitudinalibus decussantur, nodulos parvulos illi efficiunt. Canali longo, acuto."

Stratum typicum: Maastrichtian, upper Cretaceous

Aporrhais limburgensis in Binkhorst, 1861, pl. I, fig. 12a

History and Synonymy

1897

Aporrhais bivelata Reis, 1897

Aporrhais bivelata Reis, 1897, pl. XI, fig. 6, 6a, 6b

1898

Aporrhais limburgensis var. bivelata Reis, 1897

Specimens from private collections

Aporrhais limburgensis (Binkhorst, 1861); Meerssen Member, Maastricht-Formation, Maastrichtian, upper Cretaceous; Quarry Curfs, Geulhem, Limburg Province, The Netherlands; Coll. Philippe Simonet

Aporrhais limburgensis (Binkhorst, 1861); Meerssen Member, Maastricht-Formation, Maastrichtian, upper Cretaceous; Quarry Curfs, Geulhem, Limburg Province, The Netherlands; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke no. 2316

Aporrhais limburgensis (Binkhorst, 1861); Meerssen Member, Maastricht-Formation, Maastrichtian, upper Cretaceous; Exposure 62A-13, Quarry Curfs, Geulhem, Limburg Province, The Netherlands; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 3258

Aporrhais limburgensis (Binkhorst, 1861); Meerssen Member, Maastrichtian, upper Cretaceous; Exposure 62A-13, Berg and Terblijt, Limburg Province, The Netherlands; Coll. Paul van Knippenberg

Aporrhais limburgensis (Binkhorst, 1861); Meerssen Member, Maastrichtian, upper Cretaceous; Exposure 62A-13, Berg and Terblijt, Limburg Province, Netherlands; Coll. Paul van Knippenberg no. M957-A2

Aporrhais limburgensis (Binkhorst, 1861); Meerssen Member, Maastrichtian, upper Cretaceous; Quarry Curfs, Geulhem, Limburg Province, The Netherlands; Coll. Ger Cremers

References:

• Binkhorst, 1861
• Delpey, 1939
• Kaunhowen, 1898
• Vogel F. (1892). Das Ober-Senon von Irnich am Nordrand der Eifel