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Pterotheca xiushanensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Pterotheca xiushanensis was named by Li et al. (2024). Its type specimen is NIGP205398, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wanping, Yongshan County, which is in a Telychian coastal mudstone in the Xiushan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Pterotheca xiushanensis Li et al. p. 985

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyPterothecinae
genusPterotheca
speciesxiushanensis

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.

†Pterotheca xiushanensis Li et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available