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Pyrula elegans

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Pyrula elegans was named by Lamarck (1803). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. juvensis, P. ventricosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Pyrula elegans Lamarck p. 391 figs. Pl 7, fig 2

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyFicoideaMeek 1864
familyFicidaeMeek 1864
genusPyrulaRöding 1798
specieselegans

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.

†Pyrula elegans Lamarck 1803
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available