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Reticutriton elsmerensis

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Gyrineum elsmerense was named by English (1914). Its type specimen is UCMP-A.1802/11915, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1601, Elsmere Canyon, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Pico Formation of California.

It was recombined as Cymatium elsmerense by Kern (1973); it was recombined as Cymatium (Reticutriton) elsmerense by Beu (1998); it was recombined as Reticutriton elsmerensis by Beu (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Gyrineum elsmerense English p. 215 figs. pl. 23, fig. 6
1973Cymatium elsmerense Kern p. 89
1998Cymatium (Reticutriton) elsmerense Beu p. 132
2010Reticutriton elsmerensis Beu p. 186

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusReticutriton(Habe 1966)
specieselsmerensis()

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.

Reticutriton elsmerensis English 1914
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