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Tephlon tumidus

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Pugnellus tumidus was named by Gabb (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tephlon.

It was recombined as Tephlon tumidus by Popenoe (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Pugnellus tumidus Gabb pp. 197, 761 figs. pl. 3, figs. 13, 14
1983Tephlon tumidus Popenoe p. 761 figs. Figure 5G, H

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPugnellinae(Kiel and Bandel 1999)
genusTephlon
speciestumidus()

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.

†Tephlon tumidus Gabb 1860
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Diagnosis
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