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Taxonomy
Modiomorpha ornatissima was named by Johnston (1887) [Holotype lost]. It is a mold. Its type locality is Porter's Hill (Johnston coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Bundella Formation of Australia.
It was recombined as Volsellina ornatissima by Waterhouse (1987).
It was recombined as Volsellina ornatissima by Waterhouse (1987).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Modiomorpha ornatissima Johnston p. 13 |
| 1987 | Volsellina ornatissima Waterhouse p. 138 figs. Pl 1, fig 20 |
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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.
†Volsellina ornatissima Johnston 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||