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Lora elegans

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Defrancia elegans was named by Möller (1842). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lora elegans by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Defrancia elegans Möller p. 13
1878Bela obliqua Sars p. 226 figs. Pl. 16, fig. 6
1919Lora inequita Dall p. 44 figs. Pl. 16, fig. 9
1919Lora monterealis Dall p. 46 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 9
1919Lora sixta Dall p. 49 figs. Pl. 16, Fig. 12
1919Lora babylonia Dall p. 250
1919Lora galgana Dall p. 303
1931Lora elegans Grant, IV and Gale p. 521

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusLoraMörch 1852
specieselegans(Möller 1842)

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.

Lora elegans Möller 1842
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Invalid names: Bela obliqua Sars 1878 [synonym], Lora babylonia Dall 1919 [synonym], Lora galgana Dall 1919 [synonym], Lora inequita Dall 1919 [synonym], Lora monterealis Dall 1919 [synonym], Lora sixta Dall 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available