NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Bifurcium Fischer, 1884

Morphologic Description: protoconch 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 volutions; sculpture in early teleoconch present; sculpture in late teleoconch weak; dorsal hump absent; hump to the left of aperture absent or as swellings; posterior canal very strong; thickness outer lip moderate; outer lip strongly extends adapically; 2 fossil species, one living

Species:
• B. canae (Jung, 1986).
• B. nuestrasenorae (Maury, 1917)
• B. bicanaliferum (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
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(Jung, 1989, Fig.332.1) (Jung, 1989, Fig. 333.1)

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