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Exilia bentsonae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae

Taxonomy
Exilia bentsonae was named by Hickman (1980) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; North Pacific.]. Its type specimen is USNM 251399, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15280) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. crassistria, E. dalli, E. dicersoni, E. narymensis, E. waihaoensis, E. wellmani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Exilia bentsonae Hickman
2003Exilia bentsonae Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 41

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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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyPtychatractidae
genusExiliaConrad 1860
speciesbentsonae

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.

†Exilia bentsonae Hickman 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available