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Retispira sinensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Retispira sinensis was named by Pan and Erwin (2002). Its type specimen is USNM 127592, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Matan M47, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Retispira sinensis Pan and Erwin p. 6 figs. 3.9-3.13

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

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 sinensis Pan and Erwin 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available