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Apachella texana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria texana was named by Girty (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2969 green, southern Delaware Mountains, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Delaware Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Apachella texana by Kulas and Batten (1997) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Pleurotomaria texana Girty p. 471 figs. Pl 29, figs 17-17c
1909Pleurotomaria texana Girty
1997Apachella texana Kulas and Batten p. 42
2023Apachella texana Wagner p. 5960

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyNeilsoniinae
genusApachella
speciestexana()

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.

Apachella texana Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
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