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Polystira ecuadoriana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Polystira oxytropis ecuadoriana was named by Olsson (1964) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Ecuador, Panama.]. Its type specimen is USNM 643960, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pleuroliria (Polystira) ecuadoriana by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Polystira ecuadoriana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. albidata, P. albidoides, P. panamensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Polystira oxytropis ecuadoriana Olsson p. 91 figs. pl. 14, figs. 5, 5a
1970Pleuroliria (Polystira) ecuadoriana Woodring p. 365
2008Polystira ecuadoriana Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPolystira
speciesecuadoriana(Olsson 1964)

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.

†Polystira ecuadoriana Olsson 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available