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Coelocaulus estella

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

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

It was recombined as Lophospira estella by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Coelocaulus estella by Rohr (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murchisonia estella Billings p. 157 fig. 139
1897Lophospira estella Ulrich and Scofield p. 963
1980Coelocaulus estella Rohr p. 189

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusCoelocaulus
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.

Coelocaulus estella Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
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