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Liracassis apta

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea apta was named by Tegland (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-6, Twin Rivers, Strait of Juan de Fuca, which is in an Oligocene marine shale in the Twin Rivers Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Echinophoria apta by Durham (1942) and Durham (1944); it was recombined as Liracassis apta by Moore (1963), Moore (1984) and Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Galeodea apta Tegland
1942Echinophoria apta Durham p. 185
1944Echinophoria apta Durham p. 166
1963Liracassis apta Moore p. 30
1984Liracassis apta Moore p. 11
2020Liracassis apta Hendy

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
genusLiracassisMoore 1963
speciesapta(Tegland 1931)

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.

Liracassis apta Tegland 1931
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Diagnosis
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