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Ptychosalpinx pustulosus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Ptychosalpinx pustulosus was named by Petuch (1988). Its type specimen is ANSP 52875, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ptychosalpinx pustulosus Petuch p. 25 figs. pl. 2, figs. 7, 8

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPtychosalpinxGill 1867
speciespustulosus

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.

†Ptychosalpinx pustulosus Petuch 1988
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Diagnosis
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