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Apachella franciscana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Ananias franciscanus was named by Chronic (1952). Its type specimen is Mus N. Ariz G2.1595, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rimmy Jim Tank, Kaibab Formation, Coconino County, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Apachella franciscana by Winters (1963), Batten (1989), Kulas and Batten (1997) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Ananias franciscanus Chronic p. 114 figs. pl. 2 f. 5a-6
1963Apachella franciscana Winters p. 32 figs. pl. 3 f. 4a-5c
1989Apachella franciscana Batten p. 25 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
1997Apachella franciscana Kulas and Batten p. 43 figs. pl. 2 f. 12A-B
2023Apachella franciscana Wagner p. 5845

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

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.

†Apachella franciscana Chronic 1952
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Diagnosis
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