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Athleta (Volutospina) subambigua

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutilithes subambigua was named by d'Orbigny (1852). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Athleta (Volutospina) subambigua by Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Volutilithes subambigua d'Orbigny
2009Athleta (Volutospina) subambigua Harzhauser et al. p. 354

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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
subfamilyAthletinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusAthletaConrad 1853
subgenusVolutospina(Newton 1906)
speciessubambigua(d'Orbigny 1852)

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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