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Physa wattsi

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae

Taxonomy

Physa wattsi was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165503, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. acuta, P. anatina, P. arboreus, P. arida, P. bridgerensis, P. canadensis, P. copei, P. delecta, P. gyrina, P. hawni, P. heterostropha, P. meigsi, P. meigsii, P. montensis, P. patula, P. pleromatis, P. reesidei, P. tirpolensis, P. wichmanni, P. copei

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1909	Physa wattsi Arnold pp. 97 - 98 figs. Plate XXX, figure 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
order	Heterostropha	()
infraclass	Euthyneura	(Spengel 1881)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Tectipleura	Schrödl et al. 2011
—	Panpulmonata	Jörger et al. 2010
superorder	Hygrophila	(Ferussac 1822)
superfamily	Planorboidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Physidae	Fitzinger 1833
subfamily	Physinae	Fitzinger 1833
tribe	Physini	Fitzinger 1833
genus	Physa	Draparnaud 1801
species	wattsi

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.

†Physa wattsi Arnold 1909

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Environment:

freshwaterf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalc

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2017-04-17 10:17:02

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:17:02

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available