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Lepetopsis franae

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae

Taxonomy
Lepetopsis franae was named by Lipman and Langenheim (1983). Its type specimen is X-6045, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bird spring Group at Arrow Canyon, Unit 216, sample EL 216-41, which is in a Virgilian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Lepetopsis franae Lipman and Langenheim, Jr. pp. 603 - 604 figs. 1A-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderArchinacellida()
superfamilyArchinacelloidea()
familyMetoptomatidae
genusLepetopsis
speciesfranae

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.

†Lepetopsis franae Lipman and Langenheim, Jr. 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available