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Meekospira louisvillae

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

Taxonomy
Polyphemopsis louisvillae was named by Hall and Whitfield (1872) [Polyphemopsis Louisvillæ Hall & Whitfield 1872]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Meekospira louisvillae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. percuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Polyphemopsis louisvillae Hall and Whitfield p. 193
1873Polyphemopsis louisvillae Hall and Whitfield figs. pl. 12 f. 1-2
1897Meekospira louisvillae Ulrich and Scofield p. 1079
1900Polyphemopsis louisvillae Kindle p. 708
2023Meekospira louisvillae Wagner p. 4460

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyMeekospiridae
genusMeekospira
specieslouisvillae()

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.

†Meekospira louisvillae Hall and Whitfield 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available