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Orthonychia perplexum

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras perplexum was named by Hall (1879). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Orthonychia perplexum by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Platyceras perplexum Hall figs. pl. 2 f. 1-3
2023Orthonychia perplexum Wagner p. 639

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusOrthonychia
speciesperplexum(Hall 1879)

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.

Orthonychia perplexum Hall 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Ohern and Maynard 1913, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available