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Heteroterma elegans

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae

Taxonomy
Heteroterma elegans was named by Griffin and Hünicken (1994). Its type specimen is COR-PZ 2280, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sierra Dorotea H-4, level l, m, n, ñ, which is in a Danian marine sandstone in the Cerro Dorotea Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. tumida, H. tumida, H. zelandica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Heteroterma elegans Griffin and Hünicken

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyTudiclidaeCossmann 1901
genusHeteroterma
specieselegans

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.

†Heteroterma elegans Griffin and Hünicken 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available