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Platyceras erectum

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Acroculia erectum was named by Hall (1843). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platyceras erectum by Hall (1861), Hall (1862), Hall (1876), Hall (1879), Clarke (1903), Grabau and Shimer (1909), Prosser and Kindle (1913), Fagerstrom (1961), Rollins et al. (1971) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. naticopsis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Acroculia erectum Hall
1861Platyceras erectum Hall p. 4
1862Platyceras erectum Hall p. 32
1876Platyceras erectum Hall figs. pl. 2
1879Platyceras erectum Hall p. 5 figs. pl. 2 f. 4-11
1903Platyceras erectum Clarke p. 549
1909Platyceras erectum Grabau and Shimer p. 683 figs. f. 963a
1913Platyceras erectum Prosser and Kindle pp. 296 - 297 figs. pl. 37 f. 1-5
1961Platyceras erectum Fagerstrom p. 39 figs. pl. 13 f. 2
1971Platyceras erectum Rollins et al. pp. 162 - 163 figs. f. 18g-k
2023Platyceras erectum Wagner p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyceras
specieserectum(Hall 1843)

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.

†Platyceras erectum Hall 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available