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Tritonium centrosum

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Bursa centrosa was named by Cope (1867). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

It was recombined as Tritonium centrosum by Martin (1904).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. univaricosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Bursa centrosa Cope p. 139
1904Tritonium centrosum Martin p. 225

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusTritoniumGistel 1848
speciescentrosum(Cope 1867)

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.

†Tritonium centrosum Cope 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available