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Niso pistiliformis

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Niso pistiliformis was named by Anderson and Hanna (1925). Its type specimen is CAS 841 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Niso pistiliformis Anderson and Hanna pp. 128 - 129 figs. Plate 8, figure 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyEulimidaePhilippi 1853
genusNisoRisso 1826
speciespistiliformis

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.

†Niso pistiliformis Anderson and Hanna 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available