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Sinuites obesa

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Protowarthia obesus was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Protowarthia obesus Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. Its type specimen is USNM 45961, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sinuites obesus by Bassler (1915) and Wahlman (1992); it was recombined as Sinuites obesa by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Protowarthia obesus Ulrich and Scofield
1915Sinuites obesus Bassler p. 1160
1992Sinuites obesus Wahlman pp. 112 - 113 figs. pl. 9 f. 1-12
2023Sinuites obesa Wagner p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusSinuites
speciesobesa()

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.

Sinuites obesa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
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