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Orthaulax altilis

Gastropoda - Thersiteidae

Taxonomy
Orthaulax inornatus altilis was named by Pilsbry (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baitoa Formation (unspecified localities), which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Baitoa Formation of the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Orthaulax altilis by Vokes and Vokes (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Orthaulax inornatus altilis Pilsbry p. 369 figs. pl. 30, figs. 16-18
1968Orthaulax altilis Vokes and Vokes p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyThersiteidaeSavornin 1914
genusOrthaulaxGabb 1872
speciesaltilis(Pilsbry 1922)

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.

†Orthaulax altilis Pilsbry 1922
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Diagnosis
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