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Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea sutterensis meganosensis was named by Vokes (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 31244 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3152, Deer Valley, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.

It was recombined as Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis by Durham (1942) and Squires (1987); it was recombined as Galeodea meganosensis by Squires (2019) and Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. apodemetes, G. dubia, G. elongata, G. geniculosa, G. modesta, G. klingeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Galeodea sutterensis meganosensis Vokes p. 151 figs. pl. 19, FIg. 18
1942Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis Durham p. 184
1987Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis Squires p. 39 fig. 49
2019Galeodea meganosensis Squires p. 4 figs. Fig. 3A–D
2020Galeodea meganosensis Hendy

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusGaleodeaLink 1807
subgenusGomphopages
speciesmeganosensis(Vokes 1939)

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
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