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Pterotheca lata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Pterotheca lata was named by Teichert (1930) [= Aulacomerella macroderma Huene 1900 p. 210 - 214 pl. 4 f. 1a-c; (not pl. 4 f. 2-3 = Pterotheca estona)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirna, which is in a Vormsi marine shale in the Korgessaare Formation of Estonia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. spada

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pterotheca lata Teichert pp. 69 - 70
1935Pterotheca lata Teichert p. 168
1960Pterotheca lata Knight et al. p. 182
2023Pterotheca lata Wagner p. 3617

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyPterothecinae
genusPterotheca
specieslata

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.

†Pterotheca lata Teichert 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available