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Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis was named by Palmer (1923). Its type specimen is UCMP 30608 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. elongatoides, M. inflata, M. mitrella, M. neptuneiformis, M. pilsbryi, M. reticulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis Palmer p. 294 figs. Plate 52, figure 7

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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)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMetulaBivona-Bernardi 1832
subgenusCelatoconus(Conrad 1863)
speciesvacavillensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available