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Capulus americanus

Gastropoda - Capulidae

Taxonomy
Capulus americanus was named by Conrad (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6618]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Capulus americanus Conrad p. 289
1856Capulus americanus Conrad p. 259
2002Capulus americanus Kosnik

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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)
superfamilyCapuloideaFleming 1822
familyCapulidaeFleming 1822
genusCapulusMonfort 1810
speciesamericanus

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.

†Capulus americanus Conrad 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available