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Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) acuminata

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia acuminata was named by de Koninck (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pauquys, which is in an Ivorian carbonate wackestone in the Waulsort Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Hypergonia acuminata by Longstaff (1926); it was recombined as Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) acuminata by Batten (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Murchisonia acuminata de Koninck p. 22 figs. pl. 34 f. 21-22
1926Hypergonia acuminata Longstaff p. 540 figs. pl. 36 f. 1
1966Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) acuminata Batten pp. 79 - 80 figs. pl. 8 f. 19; txt. f. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusStegocoelia()
subgenusHypergonia
speciesacuminata()

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.

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Diagnosis
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