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Pterotheca pentagona

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Pterotheca pentagona was named by Foerste (1914). It is not extant. Its type locality is Chambly Canton, along W side of Richelieu River, 15 miles southeast of Montreal, which is in a Maysvillian carbonate limestone in the Nicolet River Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. spada

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pterotheca pentagona Foerste
1916Pterotheca pentagona Foerste
1924Pterotheca pentagona Foerste p. 220 figs. pl. 30 f. 1-2
2023Pterotheca pentagona Wagner p. 3562

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

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 pentagona Foerste 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available