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Tunstallia helicina

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae

Taxonomy
Trochelites helicinus was named by von Schlotheim (1820). Its type specimen is HB QT. 10.6, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Turbo helicinus by Geinitz (1841), Geinitz (1848), King (1850), King (1856) and Geinitz (1861); it was recombined as Littorina helicina by Howse (1857); it was recombined as Polytropis helicina by Dietz (1911); it was recombined as Poleumita helicina by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Omphalotrochus helicinus by Pattison (1967); it was recombined as Glyptospira helicina by Pattison (1970); it was recombined as Yunnania helcina by Pattison (1977); it was recombined as Tunstallia helicina by Hollingworth and Barker (1991).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Trochelites helicinus von Schlotheim p. 161
1839Turbo mancuniensis Brown p. 63 figs. Pl 6 figs 1-3
1839Turbo minutus Brown p. 63 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,5
1841Turbo helicinus Geinitz p. 638
1843Turbo meyeri Muenster
1848Turbo helicinus Geinitz p. 7 figs. pl. 3 f. 4
1848Littorina mancuniensis Howse p. 239
1848Turbo permianus King p. 13
1850Turbo helicinus King p. 204 figs. Pl 16, figs 21,22
1850Turbo mancuniensis King p. 205 figs. Pl 16, figs 19, 20
1850Turbo permianus King p. 206 figs. Pl 16, fig 16
1856Turbo helicinus King p. 77 figs. Pl 1, fig 7
1857Littorina helicina Howse p. 468 figs. Pl 4, figs 19, 20
1861Turbo helicinus Geinitz p. 50 figs. Pl 12, figs 3,4
1911Polytropis helicina Dietz p. 460–461 figs. pl. 13 f. 13
1967Omphalotrochus helicinus Pattison p. 179
1967Poleumita helicina Yochelson and Saunders p. 192
1970Glyptospira helicina Pattison p. 141 figs. Pl 20, fig 6
1977Yunnania helcina Pattison p. 40
1991Tunstallia helicina Hollingworth and Barker p. 358 fig. 15,16,22.1,22.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyMicrodomatidae
genusTunstallia
specieshelicina()

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.

Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Turbo mancuniensis Brown 1839 [synonym], Turbo meyeri Muenster 1843 [synonym], Turbo minutus Brown 1839 [synonym], Turbo permianus King 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available