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Scalaria elegans

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Turbo elegans was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Scalaria elegans by Kittl (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. jasmundi, S. pacifica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turbo elegans Münster p. 116 figs. Pl 12, fig 39
1869Turbo elegans Laube p. 22 figs. Pl 31, fig 12
1892Scalaria elegans Kittl p. 48 figs. Pl 5, figs 28,29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusScalariaLamarck 1801
specieselegans()

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.

†Scalaria elegans Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available