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Aulacella elliptica
Taxonomy
Aulacella elliptica was named by Cooper and Dutro (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 200885, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1982 | Aulacella elliptica Cooper and Dutro pp. 38 - 39 figs. pl. 2 f. 11-20, 31-59, 73-77; pl. 39 f. 22 |
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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.
†Aulacella elliptica Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982 | Roundly elliptical, finely costellate Aulacella having compressed valves and tendency for fold and sulcus to merge anteriorly with overall valve convexity. |