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Circulus rakhiensis

Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae

Taxonomy
Circulus rakhiensis was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68028, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1986, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Bartonian marine shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. anthera, C. mitorraphes, C. similis, C. sotoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Circulus rakhiensis Eames p. 10 figs. Pl 1, figs 7a-c

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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)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyVitrinellidaeBush 1897
genusCirculusJeffreys 1842
speciesrakhiensis

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.

†Circulus rakhiensis Eames 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available