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Poleumita discors

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Taxonomy
Euomphalus discors was named by Sowerby (1814). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Poleumita, Polytropina, Polytropis.

It was recombined as Polytropis discors by de Koninck (1881) and Perner (1907); it was recombined as Oriostoma discors by Lindström (1884); it was recombined as Polytropina discors by Donald (1905); it was recombined as Poleumita discors by Clarke and Ruedemann (1903), Northrop (1939), Knight (1941) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. angulatum, P. ingenua, P. tybigerum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Euomphalus discors Sowerby p. 113 figs. pl. 52 f. 1
1881Polytropis discors de Koninck p. 107
1884Oriostoma discors Lindström pp. 157 - 159 figs. pl. 16 f. 20-36; pl. 17 f. 1-5
1903Poleumita discors Clarke and Ruedemann
1905Polytropina discors Donald p. 575
1907Polytropis discors Perner pp. 187 - 188 figs. txt. f. 191
1939Poleumita discors Northrop pp. 213 - 214 figs. pl. 21 f. 7
1941Poleumita discors Knight
2023Poleumita discors Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyEuomphalidae
genusPoleumita
speciesdiscors()

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.

†Poleumita discors Sowerby 1814
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available