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Pyruclia pycta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) pycta was named by Olsson (1964) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene; Ecuador.]. Its type specimen is USNM 643869, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola pycta by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Pyruclia pycta by Landau et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cancellaria (Pyruclia) pycta Olsson p. 122 figs. pl. 21, figs. 3, 3a
1970Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola pycta Woodring p. 338
1990Cancellaria (Pyruclia) pycta Jung and Petit p. 100
2007Cancellaria (Pyruclia) pycta Landau et al.
2012Pyruclia pycta Landau et al. p. 920

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusPyruclia(Olsson 1932)
speciespycta()

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.

†Pyruclia pycta Olsson 1964
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Diagnosis
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