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Metacerithium packardi

Gastropoda - Metacerithiidae

Taxonomy
Metacerithium packardi was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30495, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Metacerithium packardi Nelson p. 424 figs. pl. 56, figs. 8a, 8b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyMetacerithiidae(Cossmann 1906)
genusMetacerithiumCossmann 1906
speciespackardi

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Metacerithium packardi Nelson 1925
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Diagnosis
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