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Ranella katherineae

Gastropoda - Cymatiidae

Taxonomy
Ranella katherineae was named by Squires (1983). Its type specimen is UCLA 45959, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 374, Las Llajas Canyon, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Ranella katherineae Squires p. 358 figs. fig. 2E-G
1984Ranella katherineae Squires p. 27 figs. Figure 7n

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCymatiidaeIredale 1913
genusRanellaLamarck 1816
specieskatherineae

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.

Ranella katherineae Squires 1983
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Diagnosis
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