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Prosoptychus wenlockensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon wenlockensis was named by Murchison (1839) [Bellerophon wenlockensis de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Prosoptychus wenlockiensis by Pitcher (1939), Peel (1991); it was recombined as Prosoptychus wenlockensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Bellerophon wenlockensis Murchison
1839Bellerophon wenlockensis de Sowerby and Murchison
1875Bellerophon wenlockensis Baily
1884Bellerophon wenlockensis de la Touche
1921Bellerophon wenlockensis Reed pp. 56 - 58 figs. pl. 9 f. 16
1939Prosoptychus wenlockiensis Pitcher p. 120
1991Prosoptychus wenlockiensis Peel p. 85
2023Prosoptychus wenlockensis Wagner p. 3624

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyCymbulariinae
genusProsoptychus()
specieswenlockensis(Murchison 1839)

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.

†Prosoptychus wenlockensis Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available