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Bonellitia megapex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Bonellitia megapex was named by Vokes (1939) [questionably referred to genus by Vokes]. Its type specimen is UCMP 15889 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. bastropensis, B. bonelli, B. elevata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Bonellitia megapex Vokes p. 129 figs. plate 18, fig. 4-5

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyAdmetinaeTroschel 1866
genusBonellitiaJousseaume 1887
speciesmegapex

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.

†Bonellitia megapex Vokes 1939
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Diagnosis
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