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Metoptoma
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Taxonomy
Metoptoma was named by Phillips (1836) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 797,1130]. It is the type genus of Metoptomatidae.
It was reranked as Tryblidium (Metoptoma) by Cresswell (1893).
It was assigned to Tryblidium by Cresswell (1893); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Metoptomatidae by Knight et al. (1960) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was reranked as Tryblidium (Metoptoma) by Cresswell (1893).
It was assigned to Tryblidium by Cresswell (1893); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Metoptomatidae by Knight et al. (1960) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1836 | Metoptoma Phillips |
| 1893 | Tryblidium (Metoptoma) Cresswell p. 41 |
| 1960 | Metoptoma Knight et al. p. 232 |
| 2002 | Metoptoma Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Metoptoma Bouchet et al. p. 108 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available