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Champernownia champernowni

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria champernowni was named by Whidborne (1892). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Torquay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Champernownia champernowni by Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Pleurotomaria champernowni Whidborne p. 272 figs. pl. 26 f. 1-5
1895Pleurotomaria champernowni Holzapfel p. 200 figs. pl. 15 f. 11
2001Champernownia champernowni Heidelberger p. 82 figs. pl. 6 f. 12
2023Champernownia champernowni Wagner p. 2540

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusChampernownia
specieschampernowni()

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.

Champernownia champernowni Whidborne 1892
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Diagnosis
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