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Heligmotoma sabeti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Heligmotoma sabeti was named by Abbass (1967) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Egypt.]. Its type specimen is G. 374, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Heligmotoma sabeti Abbass p. 88 figs. pl. 145, figs. 1-6

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyMelongeninae(Gill 1871)
genusHeligmotoma(Mayer-Eymar 1895)
speciessabeti

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.

Heligmotoma sabeti Abbass 1967
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Diagnosis
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