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Pterospira hannafordi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta hannafordi was named by McCoy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pterospira hannafordi by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Voluta hannafordi McCoy p. 376
1874Voluta hannafordi McCoy figs. tab. 6, fig. 1
1970Pterospira hannafordi Darragh p. 173

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusPterospiraGray 1855
specieshannafordi(McCoy 1866)

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.

Pterospira hannafordi McCoy 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available