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Paraplatyschisma rotunda

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria rotunda was named by Etheridge (1872). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cracow Creek, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Platyschisma rotunda by Jack and Etheridge (1892); it was recombined as Cycloscena rotunda by Waterhouse (1963); it was recombined as Paraplatyschisma rotunda by Waterhouse (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Pleurotomaria rotunda Etheridge
1892Platyschisma rotunda Jack and Etheridge p. 286 figs. pl. 15 f. 6
1963Cycloscena rotunda Waterhouse p. 823
1987Paraplatyschisma rotunda Waterhouse p. 177 figs. pl. 11 f. 9-11, 15–16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyTurbonellininae
genusParaplatyschisma
speciesrotunda()

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.

Paraplatyschisma rotunda Etheridge 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available