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Alastega lira

Paleoloricata

Taxonomy
Alastega lira was named by Cherns (1998). It is not extant. Its type specimen is RM Mo159.845. Its type locality is Möllbos 1. 3150 m west of Sjonhem Church., which is in a Homerian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Halla Beds Formation of Sweden. It is the type species of Alastega.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Alastega lira Cherns pp. 953 - 957 figs. pl. 4, txt. f. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
subphylumAculifera(Blumrich 1891)
orderPaleoloricata
genusAlastega
specieslira

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.

†Alastega lira Cherns 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Homerian or 430.60000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) Alastega lira (type locality: 13635)