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Archinacella perovalis

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae

Taxonomy
Metoptoma perovalis was named by Whitfield (1878). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Archinacella perovalis by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Metoptoma perovalis Whitfield p. 74
1882Metoptoma perovalis Whitfield p. 211 figs. pl. 5 f. 13-14
1897Archinacella perovalis Ulrich and Scofield pp. 830 - 831 figs. pl. 82 f. 3-4
2023Archinacella perovalis Wagner p. 4296

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

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 perovalis Whitfield 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available