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Pellasimnia maxwelli

Gastropoda - Ovulidae

Taxonomy
Pellasimnia maxwelli was named by Beu and Marshall (2011). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is south side of Bridge Point, south of Kakanui, South Otago, which is in a Runangan marine volcaniclastic in the Waiareka Volcanic Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Pellasimnia maxwelli Beu and Marshall pp. 22 - 24 fig. 4A–H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOvulidaeFleming 1822
genusPellasimniaRöding 1798
speciesmaxwelli

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.

†Pellasimnia maxwelli Beu and Marshall 2011
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Diagnosis
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