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Gisortia murchisoni

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Ovula murchisoni was named by d'Archaic and Haime (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Early Eocene; Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ovulum murchisoni by Blanford (1876); it was recombined as Gisortia murchisoni by Eames (1952) and Iqbal (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ovula murchisoni d'Archaic and Haime p. 329 figs. pl. 33, figs. 4, 4a
1876Ovulum murchisoni Blanford p. 13
1952Gisortia murchisoni Eames p. 87
1973Gisortia murchisoni Iqbal p. 22

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusGisortiaJousseaume 1884
speciesmurchisoni(d'Archaic and Haime 1854)

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.

Gisortia murchisoni d'Archaic and Haime 1854
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Diagnosis
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