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Atorcula canalifera

Gastropoda - Protorculidae

Taxonomy
Melania canalifera was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Loxonema (Anoptychia) canalifera by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Atorcula canalifera by Nützel and Kaim (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Melania canalifera Münster p. 96 figs. Pl 9, fig 39
1843Turritella conica Klipstein p. 173 figs. Pl 11, fig 6
1843Turritella nuda Klipstein p. 176 figs. Pl 11, fig 16
1894Loxonema (Anoptychia) canalifera Kittl p. 152 figs. Pl 4, figs 41-45
2014Atorcula canalifera Nützel and Kaim p. 408

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyProtorculidae
genusAtorculaNutzel 1998
speciescanalifera()

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.

Atorcula canalifera Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Turritella conica Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella nuda Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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