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Prismacerithium prisma

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Prismacerithium prisma was named by Petuch (1997) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is UF 75978, a partial shell, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Prismacerithium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Prismacerithium prisma Petuch p. 127 figs. fig. 5, 6, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
genusPrismacerithium
speciesprisma

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Prismacerithium prisma Petuch 1997
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Diagnosis
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