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Paffrathopsis nana

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

Taxonomy
Platyostoma nana was named by Meek and Worthen (1860). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Naticopsis nana by Meek and Worthen (1866) and Knight (1933); it was recombined as Strophostylus nanus by Price (1915); it was recombined as Naticopsis nanus by Morningstar (1922); it was recombined as Strophostylus nana by Morgan (1924); it was recombined as Naticopsis (Naticopsis) nana by Hoare (1961) and Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Paffrathopsis nana by Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Platyostoma nana Meek and Worthen p. 463
1866Naticopsis nana Meek and Worthen p. 365 figs. pl. 4a-c
1915Strophostylus nanus Price p. 614
1922Naticopsis nanus Morningstar p. 256
1924Strophostylus nana Morgan figs. pl. 50 f. 10
1933Naticopsis nana Knight p. 368
1961Naticopsis (Naticopsis) nana Hoare pp. 184 figs. pl. 22 f. 12-13
1967Naticopsis (Naticopsis) nana Yochelson and Saunders pp. 141-142
2001Paffrathopsis nana Heidelberger p. 192
2023Paffrathopsis nana Wagner p. 4351

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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
speciesnana()

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 nana Meek and Worthen 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available