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Perissitys elaphia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae

Taxonomy
Perissitys elaphia was named by Popenoe and Saul (1987). Its type specimen is UCLA 59606 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1232, Price Hollow, which is in a Santonian coastal siliciclastic in the Redding Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Perissitys elaphia Popenoe and Saul pp. 13 - 16 figs. Figures 27 - 41

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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
superfamilyBuccinaceae(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPerissityidae
genusPerissitys
specieselaphia

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.

Perissitys elaphia Popenoe and Saul 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul 1987Pyriform Perissitys with three to four strong spiral ribs about the periphery, an inner lip expanded to cover the apertural face of the last whorl, two columellar pseudo- folds, and denticles along the outer lip.