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Trajana pyta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Trajana pyta was named by Gardner (1948). Its type specimen is USNM 497151, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 376 - Natural Well [Duplin Fm], which is in a Pliocene coastal sandstone in the Duplin Formation of North Carolina.

It was recombined as Trajana (Trajana) pyta by Vokes (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Trajana pyta Gardner p. 221 figs. pl. 29, figs. 10, 11
1969Trajana (Trajana) pyta Vokes p. 78
2010Trajana pyta Landau and Marques da Silva p. 75

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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)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusTrajanaGardner 1948
speciespytaGardner 1948

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.

†Trajana pyta Gardner 1948
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Diagnosis
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