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Amphelissa carinatum

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Taxonomy
Austerum carinatum was named by Heidecker (1959). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lowes Basin, near old Dalrymple township, 25 miles now of Charters Towers, which is in a Givetian shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in the Burdekin Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Austerum.

It was recombined as Amphelissa carinatum by Cook (1997) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Austerum carinatum Heidecker p. 7 figs. pl. 2 f. 1a-b; pl. 3 f. 4
1993Austerum carinatum Cook p. 817
1997Amphelissa carinatum Cook p. 53
2023Amphelissa carinatum Wagner p. 2955

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyHelicotomidae()
genusAmphelissa
speciescarinatum()

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.

†Amphelissa carinatum Heidecker 1959
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Diagnosis
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