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Asthenotoma microcheila

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma microcheila was named by Edwards (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Asthenotoma microcheila by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. exima, A. festiva, A. mirabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Pleurotoma microcheila Edwards
1983Asthenotoma microchila Piccoli and Savazzi
1995Asthenotoma microcheila Pacaud and Le Renard

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusAsthenotomaHarris and Burrows 1891
speciesmicrocheila(Edwards 1861)

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.

†Asthenotoma microcheila Edwards 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available