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Protorcula quadricostata

Gastropoda - Protorculidae

Taxonomy
Protorcula quadricostata was named by Gründel (2007). Its type specimen is SMNS 66793, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B27 Road between Hechingen and Bisingen, which is in an Obtusum carbonate limestone in the Betakalkbank Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. concava

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Protorcula quadricostata Gründel p. 14 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 8-9; Pl. 5, Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyProtorculidae
genusProtorcula()
speciesquadricostata

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.

†Protorcula quadricostata Gründel 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available