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Glossaulax altus (high moon snail)

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Polynices (Neverita) recluziana alta was named by Arnold (1903). It is extant.

It was recombined as Neverita recluziana alta by Arnold (1908) and Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Polinices (Neverita) altus by Willett (1937); it was recombined as Polinices reclusianus altus by Willett (1937); it was recombined as Polinices altus by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Neverita (Glossaulax) alta by Addicott (1970); it was recombined as Glossaulax altus by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Polynices (Neverita) recluziana alta Arnold p. 315
1908Neverita recluziana alta Arnold p. 315
1937Polinices reclusianus altus Willett p. 106
1937Polinices (Neverita) altus Willett p. 400
1957Neverita recluziana alta Valentine p. 300
1959Polinices altus Kanakoff and Emerson p. 30
1970Neverita (Glossaulax) alta Addicott p. 69 figs. Plate 5, figures 19, 25
2021Glossaulax altus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusGlossaulaxRisso 1826
speciesaltus(Arnold 1903)

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.

Glossaulax altus Arnold 1903 [high moon snail]
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Diagnosis
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