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Allostrophia perversa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Melania perversa 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 is the type species of Loxonema (Allostrophia).

It was recombined as Loxonema (Allostrophia) perversa by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Allostrophia perversa by Pan (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Melania perversa Münster p. 96 figs. Pl 9, fig 41
1894Loxonema (Allostrophia) perversa Kittl p. 159 figs. Pl 6, figs 37,38
1977Allostrophia perversa Pan p. 112 figs. Pl 3, fig 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyAllostrophiinaeGolikov and Starobogatov 1987
genusAllostrophia()
speciesperversa()

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.

†Allostrophia perversa Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
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