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Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) schencki

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Taxonomy

Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) schencki was named by Hickman (1976) [originally described as Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus?) schencki]. It is extant. Its type specimen is SUPTC 5771, a shell. Its type locality is Portland Cement Company Quarry, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Siletz River Volcanics Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. araneosa, P. barottei, P. basilica, P. faucygnyana, P. gigas, P. kadinkoeviensis, P. leufuensis, P. metzertensis, P. planula, P. rustica, P. singularis, P. trocheata, P. woodsi, P. planula, P. umiensis, P. quoyana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1976	Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) schencki Hickman p. 1095 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1, 2, 11

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Vetigastropoda	(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamily	Pleurotomarioidea	(Swainson 1840)
family	Pleurotomariidae	Swainson 1840
genus	Pleurotomaria	Fischer 1885
subgenus	Entemnotrochus
species	schencki

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.

Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) schencki Hickman 1976

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available