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Sinuites planodorsatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Protowarthia planodorsata was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is not extant. Its type locality is River Quarries, Covington, Southgate Mbr., which is in an Edenian marine limestone/shale in the Kope Formation of Kentucky.

It was recombined as Sinuites planodorsatus by Bassler (1915), Ruedemann (1926) and Wahlman (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Protowarthia planodorsata Ulrich and Scofield p. 871 figs. pl. 63 f. 31-35
1915Sinuites planodorsatus Bassler p. 1160
1926Sinuites planodorsatus Ruedemann p. 61 figs. pl. 8 f. 5
1992Sinuites planodorsatus Wahlman p. 113

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

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 planodorsatus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available