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Ficopsis otaria

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Pyrula otaria was named by Olsson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Negritos [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Ficopsis otaria by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pyrula otaria Olsson p. 122 figs. pl. 17, fig. 3
2008Ficopsis otaria Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyFicoideaMeek 1864
familyFicidaeMeek 1864
genusFicopsisRöding 1798
speciesotaria()

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.

Ficopsis otaria Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available