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Pseudomelania (Oonia) limneiformis

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Eligmoloxus limneiformis was named by Cossmann (1885). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R10055, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Eligmoloxus.

It was recombined as Pseudomelania (Oonia) limneiformis by Fischer and Vadet (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Eligmoloxus limneiformis Cossmann
1985Pseudomelania (Oonia) limneiformis Fischer and Vadet p. 10 figs. pl. 3 fig. 5a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusPseudomelania
subgenusOonia
specieslimneiformis()

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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