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Hipponix pristinus

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Hipponix pristinus was named by Zinsmeister (1983). Its type specimen is UCR 6887/200, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Simi Hills, Las Virgenes Sandstone, which is in a Thanetian coastal sandstone in the Las Virgenes Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. floridanus, H. tuba, H. badius, H. lissus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hipponix pristinus Zinsmeister p. 1292 figs. figs. 2i, 2j

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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)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusHipponix(Defrance 1819)
speciespristinus

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.

†Hipponix pristinus Zinsmeister 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available