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Vallatotheca unguiformis

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Proplinidae

Taxonomy
Stenotheca unguiformis was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Stenotheca unguiformis Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Vallatotheca ungiformis by Foerste (1924); it was recombined as Proplina unguiformis by Knight and Bridge (1944) and Wilson (1951); it was recombined as Vallatotheca unguiformis by Foerste (1914), Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Stenotheca unguiformis Ulrich and Scofield
1914Vallatotheca unguiformis Foerste
1924Vallatotheca ungiformis Foerste p. 203
1944Proplina unguiformis Knight and Bridge
1951Proplina unguiformis Wilson p. 21
1992Vallatotheca unguiformis Wahlman pp. 70 - 71 figs. pl. 1 f. 12-31
2023Vallatotheca unguiformis Wagner p. 2464

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderTryblidiida()
superfamilyTryblidioidea()
familyProplinidae
genusVallatotheca
speciesunguiformis()

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.

†Vallatotheca unguiformis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
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