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Plectonotus derbyi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Plectonotus derbyi was named by Clarke (1899). It is not extant. It is the type species of Plectonotus, Plectonotus (Plectonotus).

It was recombined as Bucanella (Plectonotus) derbyi by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Bucanella derbyi by Berry and Boucot (1973); it was recombined as Plectonotus (Plectonotus) derbyi by Boucot et al. (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Plectonotus derbyi Clarke p. 38 figs. pl. 3 f. 14-17
1908Plectonotus derbyi Knod p. 507
1908Bellerophon (Plectonotus) fraternus Reed pp. 386 - 387 figs. f. 3-3a, 4
1909Plectonotus derbyi Clarke pp. 98 - 99 figs. pl. 24 f. 1-11
1960Bucanella (Plectonotus) derbyi Knight et al. p. 175
1963Plectonotus fraternus Saul et al. p. 1048 figs. pl. 138 f. 5-7; not f. 3-4, 9
1965Plectonotus derbyi Boucot p. 267 figs. pl. 15 f. 1-14
1973Bucanella derbyi Berry and Boucot
1974Plectonotus derbyi Peel p. 253 figs. pl. 2 f. 10, 14
1984Bellerophon fraternus Oosthuizen
1986Plectonotus fraternus Boucot et al.
1986Plectonotus (Plectonotus) derbyi Boucot et al. pp. 170 - 174 figs. f. 3-5
2023Plectonotus derbyi Wagner p. 4404

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusPlectonotus
speciesderbyi

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.

Plectonotus derbyi Clarke 1899
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Invalid names: Plectonotus fraternus Reed 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available