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Platyceras vetusta

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Pileopsis vetusta was named by Sowerby (1829). Its type specimen is PG 43510, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Capulus vetustus by Lamplugh et al. (1905); it was recombined as Platyceras vetustus by Hudson et al. (1966); it was recombined as Platyceras vetusta by Conrad (1840), Tassell (1977) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Pileopsis vetusta Sowerby p. 223 figs. pl. 607 f. 1
1840Platyceras vetusta Conrad p. 205
1905Capulus vetustus Lamplugh et al. p. 31
1966Platyceras vetustus Hudson et al.
1977Platyceras vetusta Tassell pp. 237 - 238
2023Platyceras vetusta Wagner p. 4684

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyceras
speciesvetusta()

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.

Platyceras vetusta Sowerby 1829
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Diagnosis
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