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Orbitestella

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae

Taxonomy
Orbitestella was named by Iredale (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. Its type is Cyclostrema bastowi.

It was assigned to Heterostrophia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Orbitestellidae by Squires and Goedert (1996), Lozouet (1998) and Simone and Zelaya (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Orbitestella Iredale
1996Orbitestella Squires and Goedert p. 233
1998Orbitestella Lozouet p. 96
2002Orbitestella Sepkoski
2004Orbitestella Simone and Zelaya p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyValvatoideaGray 1840
familyOrbitestellidaeIredale 1917
genusOrbitestellaIredale 1906

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.

G. Orbitestella Iredale 1906
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Orbitestella bastowi Gatliff 1906
Orbitestella dioi Hybertsen and Kiel 2018
Orbitestella granulata Lozouet 1998
Orbitestella palaiopacifica Squires and Goedert 1996
Orbitestella patagonica Simone and Zelaya 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available