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Prodentalium belcheri

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae

Taxonomy
Prodentalium belcheri was named by Nassichuk and Hodgkinson (1976). Its type specimen is GSC 13777, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 26406, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf sandstone/limestone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sublaevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Prodentalium belcheri Nassichuk and Hodgkinson p. 1153 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyProdentaliidaeStarobogatov 1974
genusProdentaliumYoung 1942
speciesbelcheri

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.

†Prodentalium belcheri Nassichuk and Hodgkinson 1976
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Diagnosis
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