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Porphyria spicata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Porphyria spicata was named by Bolten (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oliva spicata by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Durham (1950), Stanton (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2025-02-21; modified by J. Marcot on 2025-02-21

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Porphyria spicata Bolten p. 35 figs. Pl. 29, fig. 1
1798Porphyria arachnoidea Bolten p. 36
1931Oliva spicata Grant, IV and Gale p. 624
1950Oliva spicata Durham p. 103 figs. Pl. 29, fig. 1
1966Oliva spicata Stanton, Jr. p. 34 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 13

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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
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyOlivellinae
genusPorphyriaSwainson 1831
speciesspicataBolten 1798

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.

Porphyria spicata Bolten 1798
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available