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Retispira schwelmensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Retispira schwelmensis was named by Heidelberger and Koch (2005). Its type specimen is HMS.03/2, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Schwelm-Martfeld, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Schwelm Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Retispira schwelmensis Heidelberger and Koch pp. 9 - 10 figs. pl. 1 f. -6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyKnightitinae
genusRetispira
speciesschwelmensis

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.

†Retispira schwelmensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available