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Girtyspira yodai

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

Taxonomy
Girtyspira yodai was named by Erwin (1988) [for the Jedi Master.]. Its type specimen is USMN 400692, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM710d, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Girtyspira yodai Erwin p. 574 figs. 2.14 - 2.18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyMeekospiridae
genusGirtyspira
speciesyodai

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.

†Girtyspira yodai Erwin 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available