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Prosoptychus plenus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon plenus was named by Billings (1874). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prosoptychus plenus by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Bellerophon plenus Billings p. 62 figs. pl. 5 f. 8a-b
1908Bellerophon plenus Clarke p. 153 figs. pl. 17 f. 25-28
2023Prosoptychus plenus Wagner p. 4831

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyCymbulariinae
genusProsoptychus()
speciesplenus()

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.

†Prosoptychus plenus Billings 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available