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Brachysphingus gibbosus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Brachysphingus gibbosus was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UCMP 30526, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Brachysphingus gibbosus Nelson p. 426 figs. pl. 57, figs. 5a, 5b, 6
1991Brachysphingus gibbosus Kirby pp. 67-68 figs. pl. 1, fig. 8
1997Brachysphingus gibbosus Squires p. 851

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBrachysphingus
speciesgibbosus

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.

†Brachysphingus gibbosus Nelson 1925
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Diagnosis
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