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Orthonychia pajerensis

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Orthonychia pajerensis was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 27012/3:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 38a, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Orthonychia pajerensis Chronic p. 153
1953Orthonychia pajerensis Chronic pp. 145 - 146 figs. pl. 29 f. 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusOrthonychia
speciespajerensis

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.

†Orthonychia pajerensis Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
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