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Palaeoschisma girvanense

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria (Palaeoschisma) girvanense was named by Donald (1902) [Pleurotomaria (Palaeoschisma) girvanense Donald 1902]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ardmillan Braes, Girvan, Ayrshire, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone in the Ardwell Farm Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pleurotomaria (Palaeoschisma).

It was recombined as Clathrospira girvanense by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Palaeoschisma girvanense by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Pleurotomaria (Palaeoschisma) girvanense Donald p. 9 figs. 11-11a
1960Clathrospira girvanense Knight et al. p. 206 figs. f. 118,5
2023Palaeoschisma girvanense Wagner p. 1907

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusPalaeoschisma()
speciesgirvanense()

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.

Palaeoschisma girvanense Donald 1902
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Diagnosis
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