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Plesiotrochus

Gastropoda - Plesiotrochidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotrochus was named by Fischer (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 559]. It is extant. Its type is Plesiotrochus sowerbianus. It is the type genus of Plesiotrochidae.

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Ladd (1972); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plesiotrochidae by Wilson (1993), Lozouet et al. (2001) and Harzhauser (2004).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Plesiotrochus Fischer
1972Plesiotrochus Ladd p. 41
1993Plesiotrochus Wilson p. 131
2001Plesiotrochus Lozouet et al. p. 21
2002Plesiotrochus Sepkoski
2004Plesiotrochus Harzhauser p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyPlesiotrochidaeHoubrick 1990
genusPlesiotrochusFischer 1878

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. Plesiotrochus Fischer 1878
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Plesiotrochus fallax Grateloup 1832
Plesiotrochus stephanense Cossmann and Peyrot 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available