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Lispodesthes rotundatus

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Pugnellus rotundus was named by Waring (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chico area south of the Santa Monica Mountains (Locality 3 of Waring 1917), which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone/shale in the Tuna Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Conchothyra rotunda by Hoots (1931); it was recombined as Lispodesthes rotundus by Saul (1991); it was recombined as Lispodesthes rotundatus by Elder and Saul (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Pugnellus rotundus Waring p. 67 figs. Pl. 9, Fig. 10
1931Conchothyra rotunda Hoots p. 91
1991Lispodesthes rotundus Saul p. 97
1993Lispodesthes rotundatus Elder and Saul figs. Pl 2, fig 22

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPugnellinae(Kiel and Bandel 1999)
genusLispodesthesWhite 1877
speciesrotundatus()

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.

Lispodesthes rotundatus Waring 1917
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Diagnosis
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