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Orthaulax pugnax

Gastropoda - Thersiteidae

Taxonomy
Wagneria pugnax was named by Heilprin (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orthaulax pugnax by Dall (1890), Cooke (1919), Cooke (1922) and Vokes and Vokes (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Wagneria pugnax Heilprin p. 106 figs. pl. 15, fig. 36
1890Orthaulax pugnax Dall p. 170
1919Orthaulax pugnax Cooke p. 115
1922Orthaulax pugnax Cooke pp. 28 - 29 figs. Plate II, figures 7, 8; Plate III, figures 1a-4b
1968Orthaulax pugnax Vokes and Vokes p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyThersiteidaeSavornin 1914
genusOrthaulaxGabb 1872
speciespugnax(Heilprin 1887)

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.

†Orthaulax pugnax Heilprin 1887
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Heilprin 1887Shell irregularly oval, obconical, flattened, the flattened ยท appearance being due to three irregular swellings or knobs, one of which immediately adjoins the anteriorly directed fissure of the aperture; aperture narrow, projected forward (in its upper course) a.s a closely compressed fissure, which in a crescential curve ascends to within a comparatively short distance of the apex of the spire; outer lip? (broken in specimen); inner lip largely developed, completely concealing the whorls of the spire, and duplicating for a very considerable extent the outer lip; spire freely in- closed in a pointed superstructure, or dome, built over it by an extension of the mantle; surface covered with lon- gitudinal lines of growth, which extend continuously from the apex to the base.