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Occidentocerithium panthalassicum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Occidentocerithium panthalassicum was named by Nützel et al. (2003). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UMIP 2.28343. Its type locality is Martin Bridge Limestone - Spring Creek locality, which is in a Lacian shallow subtidal grainstone/wackestone in the Martin Bridge Limestone Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Occidentocerithium.

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by P. Wagner on 2006-03-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Occidentocerithium panthalassicum Nützel et al. pp. 88 - 90 figs. f. 3.1-3.8; f. 4.1-4.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
genusOccidentocerithium
speciespanthalassicum

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.

†Occidentocerithium panthalassicum Nützel et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available