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Westerna gigantea

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Palaeotrochidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema gigantea was named by Webster (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Westerna.

It was recombined as Westernia gigantea by Fenton and Fenton (1924); it was recombined as Westerna gigantea by Webster (1905), Knight (1941), Day (1987) and Wagner (2023).

Subspecies
W. owenensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Loxonema gigantea Webster p. 445
1888Loxonema crassum Webster p. 446
1905Westerna gigantea Webster pp. 54- 55 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-2; pl. 3 f. 7-8
1924Westernia gigantea Fenton and Fenton pp. 187 - 188 figs. pl. 44 f. 4-5; pl. 45 f. 1-2
1941Westerna gigantea Knight
1987Westerna gigantea Day
2023Westerna gigantea Wagner p. 3743

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPalaeotrochoidea()
familyPalaeotrochidae
genusWesternaWebster 1905
speciesgigantea()

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.

†Westerna gigantea Webster 1888
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Invalid names: Westerna crassum Webster 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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