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Platyceras pericompsus

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Capulus pericompsus was named by Whidborne (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lummaton Quarries, West of St. Mary Church, Lummaton Parrish, Torquay, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Torquay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Platyceras pericompsus by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Capulus pericompsus Whidborne pp. 205 - 206 figs. pl. 20 f. 1-5
2023Platyceras pericompsus Wagner p. 2673

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyceras
speciespericompsus()

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.

Platyceras pericompsus Whidborne 1891
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Diagnosis
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