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Busycotypus chesapeakensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Busycotypus chesapeakensis was named by Petuch (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 427963, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Busycotypus chesapeakensis Petuch p. 41 figs. pl. 7, figs. 3, 4

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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)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyBusyconinaeWade 1917
genusBusycotypus
specieschesapeakensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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