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Gemmula bentsonae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Gemmula bentsonae was named by Durham (1944). Its type specimen is UCMP 35454 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Woodmans Wharf, which is in a Priabonian marine conglomerate in the Quimper Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Procerapex bentsonae by Hickman (1976), Hickman (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Gemmula bentsonae Durham p. 184
1976Procerapex bentsonae Hickman p. 86
1980Procerapex bentsonae Hickman p. 81

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusGemmula(Weinkauff 1875)
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.

†Gemmula bentsonae Durham 1944
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Diagnosis
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