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Aulica (Aulica) scapha

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta scapha was named by Gmelin (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Aulica (Aulica) scapha by Oostingh (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Voluta scapha Gmelin
1879Voluta scapha Martin p. 26
1935Aulica (Aulica) scapha Oostingh p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAulicaSwainson 1831
subgenusAulicaGray 1847
speciesscapha(Gmelin 1792)

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
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