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Pterothecinae

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Pterothecinae was named by Wenz (1938) [ranked by Knight, Cox, Batten & Yochelson 1960 (ref# 10229)]. Its type is Pterotheca. It is the type subfamily of Pterothecidae.

It was assigned to Bellerophontidae by Knight et al. (1960); to Carinaropsidae by Wahlman (1992); and to Pterothecidae by Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pterothecinae Wenz
1960Pterothecinae Knight et al. p. 181
1992Pterothecinae Wahlman
2005Pterothecinae Bouchet et al. p. 241
2017Pterothecinae Bouchet et al. p. 332

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

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.

Subfm. †Pterothecinae Wenz 1938
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G. †Cyclotheca Teichert 1935
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Cyclotheca bohemica Barrande 1867
G. †Pterotheca Salter 1853
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Pterotheca angusta Raymond 1921
Pterotheca anticostiana Twenhofel 1928
Pterotheca attenuata Hall 1861
Pterotheca avirostris Huxley and Etheridge 1865
Pterotheca clochensis Foerste 1924
Pterotheca consorbina Barrande 1872
Pterotheca estona Teichert 1928
Pterotheca expansa Emmons 1842
Pterotheca gath Lamont 1978
Pterotheca harviei Foerste 1924
Pterotheca hispanica Ebbestad and GutiƩrrez-Marco 2017
Pterotheca intermedia Shrock and Raasch 1937
Pterotheca lata Teichert 1930
Pterotheca macroderma d'Eichwald 1856
Pterotheca maxima Teichert 1928
Pterotheca pentagona Foerste 1914
Pterotheca saffordi Hall 1861
Pterotheca transversa Portlock 1843
Pterotheca triangularis Bradley 1930
Pterotheca trimerelloides Clarkson et al. 1995
Pterotheca undulata Hall 1861
Invalid names: Aulacomerella Huene 1900 [synonym], Clioderma Hall 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available