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Archinacella estella

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae

Taxonomy
Metoptoma estella was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Archinacella estella by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Twenhofel (1928) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. visconsinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Metoptoma estella Billings p. 153 figs. 134a-b
1897Archinacella estella Ulrich and Scofield pp. 829, 836
1928Archinacella estella Twenhofel p. 235 figs. pl. 31 f. 8-9
2023Archinacella estella Wagner p. 4293

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderArchinacellida()
superfamilyArchinacelloidea()
familyArchinacellidae
genusArchinacella
speciesestella()

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.

†Archinacella estella Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available