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Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) australis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella (Ctenocolpus) australis was named by Lamarck (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Australia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) australis by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Turritella (Ctenocolpus) australis Lamarck
2006Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) australis Rosenberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusColpospira(Donald 1900)
subgenusCtenocolpus(Iredale 1924)
speciesaustralis(Lamarck 1822)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available