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Pterotheca transversa

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Atrypa transversa was named by Portlock (1843). It is not extant. It is the type species of Pterotheca.

It was recombined as Pterotheca transversa by Salter (1853), Foerste (1924), Knight et al. (1960) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. spada

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Atrypa transversa Portlock
1853Pterotheca transversa Salter
1924Pterotheca transversa Foerste p. 219
1951Pterotheca transversa Wilson p. 33
1960Pterotheca transversa Knight et al. p. 182 figs. f. 99.1
2023Pterotheca transversa Wagner p. 3623

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

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 transversa Portlock 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available