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Rimella prestwichi

Gastropoda - Strombidae

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

It was recombined as Rimella prestwichi by Cossmann and Pissarro (1909) and Iqbal (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. mexcala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Rostellaria prestwichi d'Archaic and Haime p. 312 figs. pl. 30, figs. 7, 8
1909Rimella prestwichi Cossmann and Pissarro p. 46
1973Rimella prestwichi Iqbal p. 24

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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)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
genusRimellaAgassiz 1840
speciesprestwichi(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.

†Rimella prestwichi d'Archaic and Haime 1854
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Diagnosis
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