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Pygmaeoconus compressus

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Taxonomy
Palaeacmaea compressus was named by Koken and Perner (1925) [Mislabelled Palaeacmaea constricta Eichwald on plate captions. Also includes Palaeacmaea constricta Eichwald sensu Heintz 1933:312.]. Its type specimen is PMO 20729, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pygmaeoconus compressus by Yochelson (1977), Ebbestad and Yochelson (2000) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Palaeacmaea compressus Koken and Perner p. 274
1977Pygmaeoconus compressus Yochelson pp. 308 - 310 figs. f. 1 J-L; f. 2, 2A, C-E
2000Pygmaeoconus compressus Ebbestad and Yochelson
2023Pygmaeoconus compressus Wagner p. 3278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classTergomya
orderKiringellida()
familyHypseloconidae
genusPygmaeoconus
speciescompressus()

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.

†Pygmaeoconus compressus Koken and Perner 1925
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Diagnosis
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