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Strophostylus

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Strophostylus was named by Hall (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m C Mosc Sepkoski's reference number: 362,797]. Its type is Strophostylus andrewsi.

It was reranked as Platyceras (Strophostylus) by Barrois (1889).

It was assigned to Platyceras by Barrois (1889); to Trochonematidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Strophostylidae by Grabau and Shimer (1909); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Platyceratidae by Knight et al. (1960) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Strophostylus Hall p. 21
1889Platyceras (Strophostylus) Barrois p. 205
1897Strophostylus Ulrich and Scofield
1909Strophostylus Grabau and Shimer p. 676
1934Helictostylus Knight
1960Strophostylus Knight et al. p. 242
2002Strophostylus Sepkoski
2005Strophostylus Bouchet et al. p. 246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusStrophostylus

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. †Strophostylus Hall 1859
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Strophostylus bivolve White and Whitfield 1862
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Invalid names: Cyclonema (Cyclonemina) contexta Perner 1903 [synonym]
Strophostylus chesterensis Thein and Nitecki 1974
Strophostylus elegans Hall 1859
Strophostylus fitchi Hall 1859
Strophostylus fortuitus Mazaev 2019
Strophostylus girtyi Knight 1934
Strophostylus matheri Hall 1859
Strophostylus nevadensis Gordon and Yochelson 1983
Strophostylus obtusus Hall 1859
Strophostylus tantillus Gordon and Yochelson 1983
Strophostylus unica Hall 1862
Strophostylus wortheni Weller 1916
Invalid names: Helictostylus Knight 1934 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available