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Plagiothyra archon

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Plagiothyridae

Taxonomy
Monodonta archon was named by Whidborne (1889). It is not extant. Its type locality is Chudleigh, North Devon, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Lummaton Shell Bed Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Plagiothyra archon by Whidborne (1892), Frýda (2000), Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Monodonta archon Whidborne p. 30
1892Plagiothyra archon Whidborne figs. pl. 26 f. 6-6a
2000Plagiothyra archon Frýda p. 366
2001Plagiothyra archon Heidelberger pp. 166 - 167
2023Plagiothyra archon Wagner p. 2666

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyPlagiothyridae
genusPlagiothyra
speciesarchon()

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.

†Plagiothyra archon Whidborne 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available