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Montospira kempseyensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Peruvispira kempseyensis was named by Campbell (1962). It is not extant. Its type specimen is F5803A-B U.N.E.. Its type locality is Oaky Creek section, near Sherwood, 11 miles WNW of Kempsey, which is in a Westphalian marine siltstone/mudstone in the Booral Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Montospira kempseyensis by Maxwell (1964) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Peruvispira kempseyensis Campbell p. 48 figs. pl. 12 f. 1-4
1964Montospira kempseyensis Maxwell p. 51 figs. Pl 11, fig 5
2023Montospira kempseyensis Wagner p. 6187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyNeilsoniinae
genusMontospira
specieskempseyensis()

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.

†Montospira kempseyensis Campbell 1962
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Diagnosis
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