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Aesopus polylophus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Aesopus polylophus was named by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. metcalfei, A. murmecoon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Aesopus polylophus Pilsbry and Olsson

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusAesopusGould 1860
speciespolylophus

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.

†Aesopus polylophus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available