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Pyropsis australis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae

Taxonomy
Pyropsis australis was named by Stilwell et al. (2004) [TYPE LOCALITY: Seymour Island, Antarctica; Sobral Fm (Early Paleocene, Danian)]. Its type specimen is USNM 511872 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 1104 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island, which is in a Danian offshore sandstone in the Sobral Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Tudicla (Pyropsis).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. kochi, P. zelandica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Pyropsis australis Stilwell et al. p. 38 figs. pl. 7, figs. 9, 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyPyrifusoideaBandel and Dockery 2001
familyPyropsidaeStephenson 1941
genusPyropsis(Conrad 1860)
speciesaustralis

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.

†Pyropsis australis Stilwell et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available