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Modestospira squamosa

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Bucanella squamosa was named by Yü (1961). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Field No. SKK 218. Subashigoukou, 10 miles northwest of Kalpin, western Tarim, which is in a Dawan carbonate limestone in the Upper Qiulitag Formation of China.

It was recombined as Modestospira squamosa by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bucanella squamosa Yü pp. 365 - 366 figs. pl. 2 f. 8-10; pl. 3 f. 12
2023Modestospira squamosa Wagner p. 6033

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

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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