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Willungia erro

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Eratopsis erro was named by Laws (1941). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Willungia erro by Cernohorsky (1971) and Beu et al. (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Eratopsis erro Laws p. 144 figs. pl. 18, fig. 24
1971Willungia erro Cernohorsky p. 104 fig. 1
1990Willungia erro Beu et al. p. 408

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
tribeSulcocypraeiniSchilder 1939
genusWillungiaPowell 1938
specieserro()

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.

Willungia erro Laws 1941
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Diagnosis
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