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Leptoptygma oligospira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema oligospira was named by Winchell (1863). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prospect Hill, bluff above river south of Burlington, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the English River Formation of Iowa.

It was recombined as Holopea oligospira by Girty (1915) and Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Leptoptygma oligospira by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Loxonema oligospira Winchell p. 22
1900Loxonema oligospira Weller p. 106 figs. pl. 7 f. 4
1915Holopea oligospira Girty p. 190
1967Holopea oligospira Yochelson and Saunders p. 98
2023Leptoptygma oligospira Wagner p. S7876

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySoleniscidae
genusLeptoptygma
speciesoligospira()

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.

Leptoptygma oligospira Winchell 1863
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Diagnosis
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