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Volvarina taeniolata (California marginella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Synonyms
  • Marginella californica was named by Tomlin (1916). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Hyalina californica by DeLong (1941); it was synonymized subjectively with Volvarina taeniolata by Hendy (2021).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Volvarina taeniolata Mörch
1916Marginella californica Tomlin p. 138
1941Hyalina californica DeLong
2021Volvarina taeniolata Hendy

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMarginellidaeFleming 1828
genusVolvarina(Hinds 1844)
speciestaeniolataMörch 1860

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.

Volvarina taeniolata Mörch 1860 [California marginella]
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Invalid names: Hyalina californica Tomlin 1916 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available