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Prosoptychus rotunda

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Cymbularia rotunda was named by Perner (1903) [Cymbularia rotunda Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tobolka near Konêprusy, which is in a Gorstian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of Czechia.

It was recombined as Prosoptychus rotunda by Horný (1963), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Cymbularia rotunda Perner pp. 154 - 155 figs. txt. f. 108; pl. 86 f. 14-17
1963Prosoptychus rotunda Horný pp. 135 - 136 figs. pl. 33 f. 7-8; pl. 34 f. 2-3
2023Prosoptychus rotunda Wagner p. 330

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

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 rotunda Perner 1903
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Diagnosis
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