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Hesperiella contraria

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria contraria was named by de Koninck (1844). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hesperiella contraria by Holzapfel (1889), Knight (1941) and Tassell (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Pleurotomaria contraria de Koninck pp. 401 - 402 figs. pl. 34 f. 7
1889Hesperiella contraria Holzapfel p. 54
1941Hesperiella contraria Knight pp. 147 - 148 figs. pl. 38 f. 1a-c
1982Hesperiella contraria Tassell p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPorcelliidae
subfamilyAgnesiinae
genusHesperiella
speciescontraria()

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.

†Hesperiella contraria de Koninck 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available