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Plesiotrochus sowerbianus

Gastropoda - Plesiotrochidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotrochus sowerbianus was named by Fischer (1878) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-West Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Plesiotrochus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. stephanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Plesiotrochus sowerbianus Fischer

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

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available