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Platyostoma cornutum

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Pileopsis cornuta was named by Hisinger (1837). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Platyceras cornutum by Lindström (1884) and Pitcher (1939); it was recombined as Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum by Poulsen (1974), Peel (1977) and Peel (1979); it was recombined as Platyceras (Platyceras) cornutum by Rohr et al. (1981); it was recombined as Platyostoma cornutum by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Pileopsis cornuta Hisinger p. 41 figs. pl. 12 f. 11
1884Platyceras cornutum Lindström pp. 63 - 67 figs. pl. 2 f. 29-51; pl. 3 f. 6-9, 19-26
1939Platyceras cornutum Pitcher pp. 114 - 115
1974Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum Poulsen pp. 11 - 12 figs. pl. 2 f. 8-12
1977Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum Peel p. 32 figs. pl. 3 f. 9, 15, 21; pl. 4 f. 18, 21-22,
1979Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum Peel p. 66 figs. f. 3 a-b, d
1981Platyceras (Platyceras) cornutum Rohr et al. p. 335
2023Platyostoma cornutum Wagner p. 674

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyostoma
speciescornutum()

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.

†Platyostoma cornutum Hisinger 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available