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Tritonophon trimetra

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Kokenospira (Tritonophon) trimetra was named by Öpik (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Kokenospira (Tritonophon).

It was recombined as Bucanella trimetra by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Tritonophon trimetra by Peel (1974), Ebbestad et al. (2008) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Kokenospira (Tritonophon) trimetra Öpik p. 20 figs. pl. 7 f. 52–54
1960Bucanella trimetra Knight et al. p. 175
1974Tritonophon trimetra Peel p. 258
2008Tritonophon trimetra Ebbestad et al. p. 608
2023Tritonophon trimetra Wagner p. 4228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusTritonophon()
speciestrimetra()

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.

Tritonophon trimetra Öpik 1953
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Diagnosis
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