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Peruniscus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Peruniscus was named by Horný (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: O Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is not extant. Its type is Temnodiscus pusillus.

It was reranked as Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus) by Horný (1962).

It was assigned to Tropidodiscus by Horný (1962); to Tropidodiscinae by Horný (1963); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Temnodiscinae by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Peruniscus Horný
1962Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus) Horný p. 474
1963Peruniscus Horný
2002Peruniscus Sepkoski
2023Peruniscus Wagner p. G129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusPeruniscus

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.

G. †Peruniscus Horný 1962
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Peruniscus cassinensis Whitfield 1886
Peruniscus macer Billings 1865
Peruniscus pusillus Perner 1903
Peruniscus ramseyensis Hicks 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available