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Omphaloptycha cacuana

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Omphaloptycha cacuana was named by Haas (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Pasco area, loc. 91, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. gracilior, O. lissoni, O. parvula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Omphaloptycha cacuana Haas p. 146 figs. Pl 8, figs 43,44,51,52,57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusOmphaloptychaAmmon 1878
speciescacuana

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.

†Omphaloptycha cacuana Haas 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available