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Ratifusus leptoskeles

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Epidromus leptoskeles was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ratifusus leptoskeles by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Epidromus leptoskeles Tate p. 129 figs. pl. 4, fig. 10
1970Ratifusus leptoskeles Darragh p. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusRatifususSchumacher 1817
speciesleptoskeles()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ratifusus leptoskeles Tate 1888
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Diagnosis
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