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Pseudolatirus tortilis

Gastropoda - Perissityidae

Taxonomy
Fusus tortilis was named by Whitfield (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Eocene; western Atlantic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Latirus tortilis by Maury (1912); it was recombined as Pseudolatirus tortilis by Snyder (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Fusus tortilis Whitfield p. 260 figs. pl. 27, fig. 5
1912Latirus tortilis Maury p. 77
2003Pseudolatirus tortilis Snyder p. 309

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPerissityidae
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
familyBuccinulidaeFinlay 1928
familyColubrariidaeDall 1904
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyPeristerniinaeTryon 1880
genusPseudolatirusBellardi 1883
speciestortilis(Whitfield 1865)

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.

†Pseudolatirus tortilis Whitfield 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available