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Epitonium greenlandicum

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Turbo groenlandicus was named by Perry (1811). It is extant.

It was recombined as Scalaria groenlandica by Wood (1848); it was recombined as Epitonium (Boreoscala) greenlandicum by Durham (1937); it was recombined as Boreoscala greenlandica by DuShane (1979); it was recombined as Epitonium greenlandicum by Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Turbo groenlandicus Chemnitz
1811Turbo groenlandicus Perry
1848Scalaria groenlandica Wood p. 90
1937Epitonium (Boreoscala) greenlandicum Durham p. 498
1979Boreoscala greenlandica DuShane p. 105
2007Epitonium greenlandicum Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumBolten 1798
speciesgreenlandicum(Perry 1811)

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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