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Orthonychia subrectum

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras (Orthonychia) subrectum was named by Hall (1859) [Platyceras (Orthonychia) subrectum Hall 1860b]. It is not extant. It is the type species of Orthonychia.

It was recombined as Orthonychia subrectum by Hall (1862), Hall (1876), Hall (1879), Knight et al. (1960) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Platyceras (Orthonychia) subrectum Hall pp. 1, 18
1862Orthonychia subrectum Hall p. 29
1876Orthonychia subrectum Hall figs. pl. 1 f. 1-2
1879Orthonychia subrectum Hall pp. 1 - 2 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-2
1960Orthonychia subrectum Knight et al.
2023Orthonychia subrectum Wagner p. 641

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusOrthonychia
speciessubrectum()

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.

†Orthonychia subrectum Hall 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Ohern and Maynard 1913
Collections
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