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Roxania modesta

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia

Taxonomy
Roxania modesta was named by Traub (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Haunsberg, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone/marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. coronata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Roxania modesta Traub p. 101 figs. Pl 8, figs 19a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyHaminoeoideaPilsbry 1895
genusRoxaniaLeach In Gray 1847
speciesmodesta

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.

†Roxania modesta Traub 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available