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Motyris pseudoaralica

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Motyris pseudoaralica was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68510, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Domanda, Dera Ismail Khan District, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Motyris pseudoaralica Eames p. 30 figs. Pl 1, fig 15; pl 2, figs 58a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyPareorinae(Finlay and Marwick 1937)
genusMotyris
speciespseudoaralica

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Motyris pseudoaralica Eames 1952
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Diagnosis
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