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Retispira cincta

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Retispira cincta was named by Gordon and Yochelson (1987). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17012-PC. 500' north of Granite Mountain measured section, which is in a Chesterian marine shale/claystone in the Chainman Shale Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Retispira cincta Gordon and Yochelson p. 41 figs. pl. 2 f. 32-35
1994Retispira cincta Jeffery et al. p. 64 figs. pl. 2 f. 32-35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyKnightitinae
genusRetispira
speciescincta

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.

†Retispira cincta Gordon and Yochelson 1987
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Diagnosis
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