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Faunus (Pseudofaunus)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Pseudofaunus was named by Olsson (1931).

It was reranked as Faunus (Pseudofaunus) by Clark and Durham (1946).

It was assigned to Melanopsinae by Olsson (1931); and to Faunus by Clark and Durham (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Pseudofaunus Olsson p. 85
1946Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Clark and Durham p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
—Schizocoela
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderSorbeoconchaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusFaunusMontfort 1810
subgenusPseudofaunus()

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available