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Polymita texana

Gastropoda - Helminthoglyptidae

Taxonomy
Polymita texana was named by Roth (1984). Its type specimen is TMM 40276-1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Candelaria (TMM 40276), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Colmena Tuff Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Polymita texana Roth p. 205 figs. 12, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
familyHelminthoglyptidaePilsbry 1939
genusPolymitaBeck 1837
speciestexana

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.

†Polymita texana Roth 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available