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Montospira montoensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Montospira montoensis was named by Maxwell (1964). Its type specimen is UQ F42856, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L1933, Yarrol, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Burnett Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Montospira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Montospira montoensis Maxwell p. 24 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyNeilsoniinae
genusMontospira
speciesmontoensis

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Montospira montoensis Maxwell 1964
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Diagnosis
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