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Shwedagonia elegans

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Shwedagonia elegans was named by Batten (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 125279 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM703b, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Shwedagonia elegans Batten
1958Shwedagonia elegans Batten p. 228 figs. Pl 39, figs 3-8,11-17
2022Shwedagonia elegans Rohr et al. p. 356 figs. 2J-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusShwedagonia
specieselegans

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.

Shwedagonia elegans Batten 1956
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Diagnosis
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