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Miraclathurella vittata

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Miraclathurella vittata was named by Woodring (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 135376, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Miraclathurella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Miraclathurella vittata Woodring p. 190 figs. pl. 8, fig. 2-4
2010Miraclathurella vittata Landau and Marques da Silva p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusMiraclathurella
speciesvittata

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.

†Miraclathurella vittata Woodring 1928
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Diagnosis
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