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Cerithiopsis washingtoniana

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy
Triforis washingtoniana was named by Dickerson (1915). Its type specimen is CAS 308 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 183, Big Bend of Cowlitz River, which is in a Bartonian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Cerithiopsis washingtoniana by Effinger (1938).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Triforis washingtoniana Dickerson p. 63 figs. Plate 6, figure 13
1917Triforis martini Dickerson pp. 176 - 177 figs. PI. 30, Fig. 9
1938Cerithiopsis washingtoniana Effinger p. 380 figs. Plate 47, figure 25

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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)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyCerithiopsidaeAdams and Adams 1853
genusCerithiopsisHanley 1849
specieswashingtoniana()

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.

†Cerithiopsis washingtoniana Dickerson 1915
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Invalid names: Triforis martini Dickerson 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available