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Pterotheca avirostris

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Pterotheca avirostris was named by Huxley and Etheridge (1865) [Pterotheca avirostris Salter in Huxley & Etheridge 1865]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Pterotheca avirostris Huxley and Etheridge
1924Pterotheca avirostris Foerste p. 218
1939Pterotheca avirostris Pitcher pp. 123 - 124 figs. pl. 7 f. 18-19
2023Pterotheca avirostris Wagner p. 333

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyPterothecinae
genusPterotheca
speciesavirostris

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.

Pterotheca avirostris Huxley and Etheridge 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available