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Floyda obliqua

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Palaeotrochidae

Taxonomy
Pileolus obliqua was named by Spriesterbach (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merringhausen bei Finnentrop, which is in a Givetian marine horizon in the Finnentrop Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Pileolus, Scaliconus, Pileolus.

It was recombined as Palaeotrochus obliqua by Knight (1937); it was recombined as Scaliconus obliqua by Spriestersbach (1942); it was recombined as Floyda obliqua by Knight (1941), Day (1987) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pileolus obliqua Spriesterbach p. 503
1937Palaeotrochus obliqua Knight p. 712
1941Floyda obliqua Knight pp. 245 - 246 figs. pl. 61 f. 1a-b
1942Scaliconus obliqua Spriestersbach p. 163
1987Floyda obliqua Day
2023Floyda obliqua Wagner p. 3746

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPalaeotrochoidea()
familyPalaeotrochidae
genusFloyda
speciesobliqua()

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.

Floyda obliqua Spriesterbach 1919
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Diagnosis
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