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Spirostylus beneckei

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae

Taxonomy
Spirostylus beneckei was named by Kittl (1894). Its type specimen is NHMW 1899/V/539 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Spirostylus beneckei Kittl p. 197 figs. Pl 6, fig 62
1977Spirostylus beneckei Pan p. 115 figs. Pl 4, fig 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySpirostylidaeCossmann 1909
genusSpirostylus
speciesbeneckei

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Spirostylus beneckei Kittl 1894
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Diagnosis
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