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Cypraeorbis alabamensis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea media alabamensis was named by de Gregorio (1890).

It was recombined as Cypraea alabamensis by Schilder (1927); it was recombined as Cypraeorbis alabamensis by Palmer (1937), Schilder (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cypraea media alabamensis de Gregorio p. 59 figs. pl. 9, figs. 8-10.
1927Cypraea alabamensis Schilder p. 91
1937Cypraeorbis alabamensis Palmer pp. 231 - 232 figs. P. 30, figs. 19, 25, 26
1941Cypraeorbis alabamensis Schilder p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusCypraeorbisConrad 1865
speciesalabamensis(de Gregorio 1890)

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.

†Cypraeorbis alabamensis de Gregorio 1890
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Diagnosis
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