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Oxystele

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Oxystele was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Trochus (Oxystele) by White (1885); it was reranked as Diloma (Oxystele) by Nagao (1928).

It was assigned to Trochus by White (1885); to Diloma by Nagao (1928); to Trochidae by Durham (1944) and Kensley (1972); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Gibbulini by Donald et al. (2005); and to Canthardinae by Herbert (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Trochus (Oxystele) White p. 260
1928Diloma (Oxystele) Nagao p. 91
1944Oxystele Durham p. 155
1972Oxystele Kensley p. 177
2002Oxystele Sepkoski
2005Oxystele Donald et al. p. 481
2015Oxystele Herbert p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCanthardinaeGray 1857
genusOxystele

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.

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Oxystele dorni Durham 1944
Oxystele rotellaris Michelotti 1847
Oxystele tigrina Anton 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available