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Umbotropis filitexta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria filitexta was named by Foerste (1893) [not Pleurotomaria filitexta Hall 1876]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huffman Quarry ¾ miles southeast of the Insane Asylum, southeastern Dayton, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone in the Brassfield Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Cryptaulus filitexta by Foerste (1923); it was recombined as Foersteria filitexta by Tomlin (1929); it was recombined as Umbotropis filitexta by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Pleurotomaria filitexta Foerste p. 550 figs. pl. 37a; f. 6a-b
1923Cryptaulus filitexta Foerste p. 94
1929Foersteria filitexta Tomlin p. 255
1999Umbotropis filitexta Wagner
2023Umbotropis filitexta Wagner p. 2169

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

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.

Umbotropis filitexta Foerste 1893
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Diagnosis
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