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Fossarus ambiguus

Gastropoda - Planaxidae

Taxonomy
Turbo ambiguus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fossarus ambiguus by Poppe and Goto (1991), Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. delpayes, F. florius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Turbo ambiguus Linnaeus
1991Fossarus ambiguus Poppe and Goto p. 142
2000Fossarus ambiguus Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 314

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPlanaxidaeGray 1850
subfamilyFossarinae(Adams 1860)
genusFossarusPhilippi 1841
speciesambiguus(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Fossarus ambiguus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available