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Urosyca caudata

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Urosyca caudata was named by Gabb (1869) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Lectotype used for type specimen]. Its type specimen is ANSP 4208, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Urosyca.

It was recombined as Priscoficus caudatus by Stewart (1927) and Zinsmeister (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Urosyca caudata Gabb pp. 159, 221 figs. pl. 27, fig. 38
1896Urosyca caudata Stanton p. 1047 figs. Pl. LXVII, fig. 6
1927Priscoficus caudatus Stewart pp. 379 - 380 figs. Plate XXV, fig. 7
1983Priscoficus caudatus Zinsmeister p. 1293
2014Urosyca caudata Squires p. 5 figs. Figures 8-15

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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
superfamilyFicoideaMeek 1864
familyFicidaeMeek 1864
genusUrosyca
speciescaudata

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.

†Urosyca caudata Gabb 1869
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Diagnosis
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