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Pterospira stephensi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta stephensi was named by Johnston (1879) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Voluta stephensi Johnston p. 35
1889Voluta stephensi Tate p. 122
1970Pterospira stephensi Darragh p. 196

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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
speciesstephensi(Johnston 1879)

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 stephensi Johnston 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available