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Floripatella orphyne

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae

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

It was recombined as Palaeacmaea orphyne by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Floripatella orphyne by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Metoptoma orphyne Billings p. 88
1897Palaeacmaea orphyne Ulrich and Scofield
1999Metoptoma orphyne Webers and Yochelson p. 606
2023Floripatella orphyne Wagner p. 2781

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderArchinacellida()
superfamilyArchinacelloidea()
familyArchinacellidae
genusFloripatella
speciesorphyne()

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.

Floripatella orphyne Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available