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Royalella heshanensis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

Taxonomy
Donaldina heshanensis was named by Pan and Erwin (2002). Its type specimen is USNM 127693, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Matan M40, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Royalella heshanensis by Bandel (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Royalella heshanensis Bandel p. 63
2002Donaldina heshanensis Pan and Erwin p. 34 figs. 17.3 - 17.10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyStreptacidoideaKnight 1931
familyDonaldinidae
genusRoyalella
speciesheshanensis()

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Royalella heshanensis Pan and Erwin 2002
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Diagnosis
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