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Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Aricia) platyrhyncha was named by McCoy (1876). Its type specimen is NMV P12138, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ad24. Bird Rock, which is in a Chattian coastal horizon in the Jan Juc Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Cypraea platyrhyncha by Pritchard (1896); it was recombined as Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha by Darragh (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Cypraea (Aricia) platyrhyncha McCoy p. 40 figs. pl. 30, figs 2–2c
1896Cypraea platyrhyncha Pritchard
2002Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha Darragh pp. 359 - 360 figs. 2E–F, H–K; 3A–F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusUmbilia
subgenusUmbiliaJousseaume 1884
speciesplatyrhyncha()

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.

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Diagnosis
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