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Schizopea washburnei

Gastropoda - Sinuopeidae

Taxonomy
Schizopea washburnei was named by Butts (1926) [Schizopea washburnei Ulrich in Butts 1926. Given as Schizopea washburnensis in original figure, but corrected in an erratum in the front of the volume. ]. Its type specimen is USNM 71428, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Birmingham, which is in a Trempealeauan carbonate dolomite/chert in the Copper Ridge Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Rhachopea washburnensis by Ulrich et al. (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Schizopea washburnei Butts p. 90 figs. pl. 14 f. 23-24
1931Rhachopea washburnensis Ulrich et al. p. 191
2023Schizopea washburnei Wagner p. S3931

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
familySinuopeidae
genusSchizopea
specieswashburnei

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.

Schizopea washburnei Butts 1926
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