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Metoptomatidae
Taxonomy
Metoptomatidae was named by Wenz (1938). Its type is Metoptoma.
It was assigned to Patellacea by Knight et al. (1960) and Horný (1963); to Mollusca by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Archinacelloidea by Wagner (2023).
It was assigned to Patellacea by Knight et al. (1960) and Horný (1963); to Mollusca by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Archinacelloidea by Wagner (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Metoptomatidae Wenz |
| 1960 | Metoptomatidae Knight et al. p. 231 |
| 1963 | Metoptomatidae Horný p. 50 |
| 2005 | Metoptomatidae Bouchet et al. p. 241 |
| 2023 | Metoptomatidae Wagner p. H151 |
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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.
Fm. †Metoptomatidae Wenz 1938
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G. †Calloconus Perner 1903
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†Calloconus avus Perner 1903
†Calloconus concentrica Tolmachoff 1930
†Calloconus devonica Tolmachoff 1930
†Calloconus gibbosa Perner 1903
†Calloconus pompeckji Perner 1903
†Calloconus recta Tolmachoff 1930
†Palaeoscurria (Calloconus) perneri Ríha 1938
G. †Lepetopsis Whitfield 1882
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†Lepetopsis anthracophila Roemer 1880
†Lepetopsis artiensis Stuckenburg 1898
†Lepetopsis capitanensis Girty 1908
†Lepetopsis chesterensis Worthen 1884
†Lepetopsis franae Lipman and Langenheim, Jr. 1983
†Lepetopsis haworthi Beede 1907
†Lepetopsis levettei White 1882
†Lepetopsis peregrina Newell 1935
†Lepetopsis petasus Mansuy 1913
†Lepetopsis petricola Kittl 1894
†Lepetopsis phillipsi de Koninck 1883
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Invalid names: Lepetopsis sinuosa de Koninck 1844 [replaced]
†Lepetopsis retrorsa Phillips 1836
†Lepetopsis shuangjingziensis Liang 1980
†Lepetopsis taxiensis Liang 1980
G. †Metoptoma Phillips 1836
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†Metoptoma alceste Billings 1865
†Metoptoma analoga Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma cornutaforme Walcott 1879
†Metoptoma devonica Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma elliptica Phillips 1836
†Metoptoma imbricatum Phillips 1836
†Metoptoma peroccidens Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma phillipsi Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma pileus Phillips 1836
†Metoptoma recurva Berkey 1898
†Metoptoma retrorsa Whitfield 1882
†Metoptoma robusta Billings 1865
†Metoptoma similis Whitfield 1882
†Metoptoma texana Yochelson 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available