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Modestospira llanvirnensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon llanvirnensis was named by Hicks (1875). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oxydiscus llanvirnensis by Reed (1921); it was recombined as Modestospira llanvirnensis by Yochelson (1964) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Bellerophon llanvirnensis Hicks p. 188 figs. pl. 11 f. 1-2
1921Oxydiscus llanvirnensis Reed pp. 22 - 23 figs. pl. 4 f. 9-11
1964Modestospira llanvirnensis Yochelson p. 893
2023Modestospira llanvirnensis Wagner p. 2880

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusModestospira
speciesllanvirnensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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