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Obtortio

Gastropoda - Diastomatidae

Taxonomy
Obtortio was named by Hedley (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 559]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Diastomidae by Ladd (1972); to Obtortionidae by Wilson (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Obtortio Hedley
1972Obtortio Ladd p. 27
1993Obtortio Wilson p. 129
2002Obtortio Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyDiastomatidae(Cossmann 1894)
genusObtortioHedley 1899

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.

G. Obtortio Hedley 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available