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Pseudomelania paucispira

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomelania paucispira was named by Kaim (2004). Its type specimen is ZPAL Ga.9/21, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample L1, Wạwał clay pit, which is in a Valanginian offshore claystone in Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Pseudomelania paucispira Kaim p. 98 fig. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusPseudomelania
speciespaucispira

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available