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Austronema elegantissima

Gastropoda - Palaeostylidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema elegantissima was named by Yoo (1988). Its type locality is Marohn Homestead. Yoo Loc. A4. 70 m west of Scone-Gundy road junction, which is in a Tournaisian marine mudstone in the Dangarfield Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Streptacis elegantissima by Yoo (1994); it was recombined as Austronema elegantissima by Bandel (2002) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Loxonema elegantissima Yoo p. 246 figs. f. 84-87
1994Streptacis elegantissima Yoo p. 93 figs. pl. 22 f. 1-3
2001Loxonema elegantissima Heidelberger p. 111
2002Austronema elegantissima Bandel
2023Austronema elegantissima Wagner p. 4249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilySoleniscoidea
familyPalaeostylidaeWenz 1938
genusAustronema
specieselegantissima()

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