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Platyceras (Visitator)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Visitator was named by Perner (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl D Gedi Sepkoski's reference number: 362]. It is not extant. Its type is Visitator extraneus.

It was reranked as Platyceras (Visitator) by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Platyceras by Knight et al. (1960); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Visitator Perner
1920Aulopea Dunbar
1920Distemnostoma Dunbar
1920Saffordella Dunbar
1956Cowwarrella Talent and Philip
1960Platyceras (Visitator) Knight et al. p. 240
2002Visitator Sepkoski

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

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.

Subg. †Platyceras (Visitator) Perner 1911
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Visitator cylindricum Talent and Philip 1956
Visitator extraneus Perner 1911
Visitator tennesseensis Dunbar 1920
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Invalid names: Visitator curtum Dunbar 1920 [synonym], Visitator nelsoni Dunbar 1920 [synonym], Visitator planidorsata Dunbar 1920 [synonym], Visitator princeps Dunbar 1920 [synonym], Visitator quadrangulare Dunbar 1920 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aulopea Dunbar 1920 [synonym], Cowwarrella Talent and Philip 1956 [synonym], Distemnostoma Dunbar 1920 [synonym], Saffordella Dunbar 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available