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Platyceras tenella

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Patella tenella was named by Dana (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Pileopsis tenella by Dana (1849); it was recombined as Capulus tenellus by Wanner (1922); it was recombined as Platyceras tenella by Fletcher (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Patella tenella Dana p. 151
1849Pileopsis tenella Dana p. 706 figs. Pl 9, fig 13
1922Capulus tenellus Wanner
1958Platyceras tenella Fletcher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyceras
speciestenella()

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.

Platyceras tenella Dana 1847
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Diagnosis
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