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Platyschisma helicoides

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Ampullaria helicoides was named by Sowerby (1826). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Platyschisma.

It was recombined as Platyschisma helicoides by M'Coy (1844), de Koninck (1881), Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka (1973), Rollins (1975) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Ampullaria helicoides Sowerby p. 40 figs. pl. 522 f. 2a-b, not c
1844Platyschisma helicoides M'Coy p. 38
1881Platyschisma helicoides de Koninck pp. 114 - 115 figs. pl. 10 f. 7-8; pl. 11 f. 1; pl. 12 f. 23-25
1973Platyschisma helicoides Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka pp. 27 - 28 figs. pl. 6 f. 2
1975Platyschisma helicoides Rollins p. 16
2023Platyschisma helicoides Wagner p. 3916

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyschisma
specieshelicoides()

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.

†Platyschisma helicoides Sowerby 1826
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Diagnosis
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