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Decorospira rigbyi

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Taxonomy
Decorospira rigbyi was named by Blodgett and Johnson (1992). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 10802. 9100 feet ESE of Western Peak, Roberts Mountains, which is in an Eifelian marine packstone in the Denay Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Decorospira rigbyi Blodgett and Johnson pp. 119 - 120 figs. pl. 15 f. 6-7
2004Decorospira rigbyi Frýda and Blodgett p. 117
2023Decorospira rigbyi Wagner p. 748

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyPseudophoridae
subfamilyDecorospirinae
genusDecorospira
speciesrigbyi

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.

†Decorospira rigbyi Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Diagnosis
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