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Pterotheca saffordi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Clioderma saffordi was named by Hall (1861). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pterotheca saffordi by Foerste (1924), Bradley (1930), Knight and Bridge (1944), Wilson (1951), Knight et al. (1960), Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. spada

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Clioderma saffordi Hall p. 96
1889Clioderma saffordi Lesley
1924Pterotheca saffordi Foerste p. 218
1930Pterotheca saffordi Bradley p. 242
1944Pterotheca saffordi Knight and Bridge
1951Pterotheca saffordi Wilson p. 33
1960Pterotheca saffordi Knight et al. p. 182
1992Pterotheca saffordi Wahlman pp. 182 - 183 figs. pl. 39 f. 1-5, 13; pl. 40 f. 8-9
2023Pterotheca saffordi Wagner p. 337

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

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 saffordi Hall 1861
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Diagnosis
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