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Microptychis occabus

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Microptychis occabus was named by Hoare and Sturgeon (1981). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi, which is in a Desmoinesian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Putnam Hill Formation of Ohio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Microptychis occabus Hoare and Sturgeon pp. 189 - 190 figs. pl. 1 f. 8; table 1
2023Microptychis occabus Wagner p. 5399

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusMicroptychis
speciesoccabus

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.

†Microptychis occabus Hoare and Sturgeon 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available