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Chrysodomus pulcherrimus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Chrysodomus pulcherrimus was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11222 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. zitteli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Chrysodomus pulcherrimus Clark p. 175 figs. Plate 22, figure 4

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusChrysodomusSwainson 1840
speciespulcherrimus

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
No diagnoses are available