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Niso (Niso) mesata

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Niso (Niso) mesata was named by Woodring (1970) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Panama.]. Its type specimen is USNM 646079, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Woodring loc. 138a [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Niso (Niso) mesata Woodring p. 329 figs. pl. 49, fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyEulimidaePhilippi 1853
genusNisoRisso 1826
subgenusNisoRisso 1826
speciesmesata

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.

†Niso (Niso) mesata Woodring 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available