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Platyceras cordatus

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Metoptoma cordata was named by Whidborne (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Torquay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Capulus cordatus by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Platyceras cordatus by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Metoptoma cordata Whidborne p. 30
1891Capulus cordatus Whidborne p. 212 figs. pl. 21 f. 1, 1a
2023Platyceras cordatus Wagner p. 2670

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

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 cordatus Whidborne 1889
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Diagnosis
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