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Rothpletzia floridana

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Rothpletzia floridana was named by Vokes (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 340288, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 1048 - Farley Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Rothpletzia floridana Vokes pp. 51-52 figs. text figs. 1-3

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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)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusRothpletziaSimonelli 1890
speciesfloridana

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.

†Rothpletzia floridana Vokes 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available