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Sycostoma pyrinota

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Sycostoma pyrinota was named by Stilwell et al. (2004) [TYPE LOCALITY: Seymour Island, Antarctica; Sobral Fm (Early Paleocene, Danian).]. Its type specimen is USNM 511887 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 9 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island, which is in a Danian offshore sandstone in the López de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. texana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Sycostoma pyrinota Stilwell et al. p. 43 figs. pl. 8, figs. 23, 24

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusSycostomaCox 1931
speciespyrinota

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.

†Sycostoma pyrinota Stilwell et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available