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Gryphochiton girtyi

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Gryphochitonidae

Taxonomy
Helminthochiton girtyi was named by Hoare and Smith (1984). Its type specimen is USNM 330865, a valve (Intermediate valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM726d, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Gryphochiton girtyi by Hanger et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Helminthochiton girtyi Hoare and Smith p. 92 figs. 6,7A-G
2000Gryphochiton girtyi Hanger et al. p. 193

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderCymatochitoninaSirenko and Starobogatov 1977
familyGryphochitonidae
genusGryphochiton
speciesgirtyi()

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.

†Gryphochiton girtyi Hoare and Smith 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available