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Strophostylus girtyi

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Helictostylus girtyi was named by Knight (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fredonia, Olathe Limestone Member, which is in a Missourian carbonate limestone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Strophostylus girtyi by Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Kues (1984), Kues and Batten (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Platyceras naticopsis, S. rotundata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Helictostylus girtyi Knight p. 165 figs. pl. 25 f. 2a-f
1967Strophostylus girtyi Yochelson and Saunders p. 230
1984Strophostylus girtyi Kues figs. f. 3.36-3.37
2001Strophostylus girtyi Kues and Batten p. 44 figs. f. 8.13-8.16
2023Strophostylus girtyi Wagner p. 5888

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusStrophostylus
speciesgirtyi()

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.

†Strophostylus girtyi Knight 1934
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Diagnosis
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