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Tritonium newsomi

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Tritonium newsomi was named by Arnold (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 165436, a partial shell (An imperfect specimen, lacking apex and canal), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. fenestratum, T. maculosus, T. obscurus, T. beccari, T. chlorostomus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Tritonium newsomi Arnold p. 360 figs. Plate XXXII, fig. 6

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusTritoniumGistel 1848
speciesnewsomi

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.

†Tritonium newsomi Arnold 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available