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Spinyplatyceras fornicatum

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras fornicatum was named by Hall (1862). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platyceras (Platyceras) fornicatum by Fraunfelter (1973); it was recombined as Spinyplatyceras fornaticum by Blodgett and Frýda (1999); it was recombined as Spinyplatyceras fornicatum by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Platyceras fornicatum Hall pp. 35 - 36
1879Platyceras fornicatum Hall figs. pl. 4 f. 3-5, 18, 20
1908Platyceras fornicatum Clarke p. 145 figs. pl. 14 f. 8-9
1973Platyceras (Platyceras) fornicatum Fraunfelter p. 23
1999Spinyplatyceras fornaticum Blodgett and Frýda p. 304
2023Spinyplatyceras fornicatum Wagner p. S657

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusSpinyplatyceras
speciesfornicatum()

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.

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Diagnosis
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