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Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [TYPE LOCALITY: IPS loc. 453, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula]. Its type specimen is USNM 441788, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IPS 453, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 145 figs. pl. 21, figs. a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusAlcithoeAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusAlcithoeAdams and Adams 1853
speciesamundseni

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.

†Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
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