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Pileopsis retortella

Gastropoda - Capulidae

Taxonomy
Patella retortella was named by Lamarck (1802). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Pileopsis retortella by Lamarck (1822) and Deshayes (1824).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Patella retortella Lamarck p. 311 fig. 15
1822Pileopsis retortella Lamarck p. 19
1824Pileopsis retortella Deshayes p. 26 figs. Pl 2, figs 17,18

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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)
superfamilyCapuloideaFleming 1822
familyCapulidaeFleming 1822
genusPileopsis
speciesretortella()

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.

†Pileopsis retortella Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available