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Nicema predistorta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Cantharus (Triumphis) predistortus was named by Marks (1951) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Ecuador.]. Its type specimen is PRI 20474, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Northia (Nicema) predistorta by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Nicema predistorta by Woodring (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Cantharus (Triumphis) predistortus Marks p. 387 figs. pl. 7, figs. 8, 10, 11
1964Northia (Nicema) predistorta Olsson
1964Nicema predistorta Woodring p. 268

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNicemaWoodring 1964
speciespredistorta()

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.

†Nicema predistorta Marks 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available