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Bellazona bella

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema bella was named by Walcott (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Bellazona.

It was recombined as Meekospira bella by Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Bellazona bella by Gordon and Yochelson (1987) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Loxonema bella Walcott p. 258 figs. pl. 24 f. 1a-b
1974Meekospira bella Thein and Nitecki p. 198
1987Bellazona bella Gordon and Yochelson pp. 80 - 81 figs. pl. 9 f. 11-15
2023Bellazona bella Wagner p. S6173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusBellazona
speciesbella()

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.

Bellazona bella Walcott 1884
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Diagnosis
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