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Platyoptera

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Platyoptera was named by Wailes (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1074; Conrad in ].

It was reranked as Aporrhais (Platyoptera) by Conrad (1856).

It was assigned to Aporrhais by Conrad (1856); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Strombidae by Harris and Palmer (1947), Palmer and Brann (1966), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Squires (2001) and Garvie (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Platyoptera Wailes
1856Aporrhais (Platyoptera) Conrad p. 260
1947Platyoptera Harris and Palmer p. 312
1966Platyoptera Palmer and Brann p. 826
1992Platyoptera Squires and Demetrion p. 30
2001Platyoptera Squires p. 8
2002Platyoptera Sepkoski
2013Platyoptera Garvie p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlatyopteraWailes 1854

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.

G. †Platyoptera Wailes 1854
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†Platyoptera extenta Conrad 1854
†Platyoptera pacifica Squires and Demetrion 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available