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Laeogyra reinwaldti

Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Onychochilidae

Taxonomy
Clisospira reinwaldti was named by Öpik (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Clisospira" reinwaldti type section, which is in an Uhaku shallow subtidal limestone in the Kõrgekallas Formation of Estonia.

It was recombined as Mimospira reinwaldti by Rõõmusoks (1970); it was recombined as Catalanispira reinwaldti by Ebbestad et al. (2021); it was recombined as Laeogyra reinwaldti by Wängberg-Eriksson (1979), Frisk and Ebbestad (2007) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Clisospira reinwaldti Öpik
1970Mimospira reinwaldti Rõõmusoks
1979Laeogyra reinwaldti Wängberg-Eriksson p. 18 figs. f. 5i-j
2007Laeogyra reinwaldti Frisk and Ebbestad pp. 88 - 89 fig. 3E–H
2021Catalanispira reinwaldti Ebbestad et al. p. 114
2023Laeogyra reinwaldti Wagner p. 2188

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classParagastropoda
orderMimospirida
superfamilyClisospiroidea()
familyOnychochilidae
genusLaeogyra
speciesreinwaldti()

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.

Laeogyra reinwaldti Öpik 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Å. M. Frisk and J. O. R. Ebbestad 2007A large species of Laeogyra with three whorls that are proportionally broad. Curvature of growth lines strongly convex. Protoconch disjunct and narrow, protruding from the shell.