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Eopleurotoma gentilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma gentilis was named by Sowerby in Dixon (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Eopleurotoma gentilis by Tracey (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pleurotoma gentilis Sowerby in Dixon
1995Eopleurotoma gentilis Tracey

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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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusEopleurotomaCossmann 1889
speciesgentilis(Sowerby in Dixon 1850)

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.

†Eopleurotoma gentilis Sowerby in Dixon 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available