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Anchura phaba

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Anchura phaba was named by Elder and Saul (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 468578 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic M8611, east of Pigeon Point, which is in a Campanian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Pigeon Point Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Anchura phaba Elder and Saul p. 388 figs. 5.1-5.13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
genusAnchuraConrad 1860
speciesphaba

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.

†Anchura phaba Elder and Saul 1996
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Diagnosis
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