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Lepicythara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Lepicythara was named by Olsson (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 549]. Its type is Cythara terminula.

It was assigned to Mangeliinae by Olsson (1964), Woodring (1970), Perrilliat (1992); to Turridae by Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Lepicythara Olsson
1970Lepicythara Woodring p. 390
1992Lepicythara Perrilliat p. 28
2001Lepicythara Todd
2002Lepicythara Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusLepicytharaOlsson 1964

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. †Lepicythara Olsson 1964
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Lepicythara basilissa Gardner 1938
Lepicythara camaronensis Olsson 1964
Lepicythara heptagona Gabb 1873
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Invalid names: Cythara cercadica Maury 1917 [synonym], Cythara costaricensis Olsson 1922 [synonym]
Lepicythara terminula Dall 1890
Lepicythara turrita Mansfield 1930
Lepicythara veracruzana Perrilliat 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available