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Exilia ripleyana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae

Taxonomy
Exilia ripleyana was named by Wade (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Exilia ripleyana Wade p. 128 figs. pl. 45, figs. 13, 14
1940Exilia ripleyana Bentson p. 205 figs. Pl. figs. 14, 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyPtychatractidae
genusExiliaConrad 1860
speciesripleyanaWade 1926

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.

Exilia ripleyana Wade 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available