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Yochelsonospira mississippiensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria mississippiensis was named by White and Whitfield (1862). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Worthenia mississippiensis by Weller (1901); it was recombined as Mourlonia mississippiensis by Knight and Bridge (1944), Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) mississippiensis by Gordon and Yochelson (1987); it was recombined as Yochelsonospira mississippiensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pleurotomaria mississippiensis White and Whitfield
1901Worthenia mississippiensis Weller p. 200 figs. pl. 20 f. 12
1944Mourlonia mississippiensis Knight and Bridge p. 457 figs. pl. 185 f. 1-2
1967Mourlonia mississippiensis Yochelson and Saunders p. 128
1974Mourlonia mississippiensis Thein and Nitecki p. 83
1987Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) mississippiensis Gordon and Yochelson p. 76
2023Yochelsonospira mississippiensis Wagner p. 6117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusYochelsonospira()
speciesmississippiensis()

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.

†Yochelsonospira mississippiensis White and Whitfield 1862
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Diagnosis
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