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Paffrathopsis lirata

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

Taxonomy
Natica lirata was named by Sandberger (1842). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Littorina lirata by Sandberger and Sandberger (1855); it was recombined as Paffrathopsis lirata by Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Natica lirata Sandberger p. 400
1855Littorina lirata Sandberger and Sandberger p. 220 figs. pl. 25 f. 15, 15a-b
2001Paffrathopsis lirata Heidelberger pp. 192 - 193 figs. pl. 6-7
2023Paffrathopsis lirata Wagner p. 4349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyNeritopsidaeGray 1847
subfamilyPaffrathiinae
genusPaffrathopsis
specieslirata()

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.

Paffrathopsis lirata Sandberger 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available