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Palaeatractus crassus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Palaeatractus crassus was named by Gabb (1869). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11550 (neotype) and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Palaeatractus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. figarii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Palaeatractus crassus Gabb p. 148 figs. pi. 26, fig. 26
1993Palaeatractus crassus Saul and Popenoe p. 365

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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)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusPalaeatractus
speciescrassus

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.

†Palaeatractus crassus Gabb 1869
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993Small pyriform shells with a low spire, thick shell, slightly twisted columella, simple outer lip, incrusted inner lip, and a strong, overall sculpture of squarish nodes.