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Spiroscala acuminata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Neilsonia acuminata was named by Thomas (1940). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Craigenglen, which is in a Visean terrestrial limestone in the Lawmuir Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Spiroscala acuminata by Knight (1945) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Neilsonia acuminata Thomas
1945Spiroscala acuminata Knight p. 575
1958Neilsonia acuminata Moore p. 143
2023Spiroscala acuminata Wagner p. S6378

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusSpiroscala
speciesacuminata()

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.

†Spiroscala acuminata Thomas 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available