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Modestospira poulseni

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Modestospira poulseni was named by Yochelson (1964). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Store Duegaard, near Tjørneby, which is in a Hunderum carbonate limestone in the Komstad Formation of Denmark. It is the type species of Modestospira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Modestospira poulseni Yochelson pp. 894 - 895 figs. pl. 145 f. 1-10
1989Modestospira poulseni Frýda p. 230
2023Modestospira poulseni Wagner p. 2915

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusModestospira
speciespoulseni

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.

†Modestospira poulseni Yochelson 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available