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Psephaea prevostiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta prevostiana was named by Crosse (1878). It is extant.

It was recombined as Psephaea prevostiana by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Voluta prevostiana Crosse p. 165
1931Psephaea prevostiana Grant, IV and Gale p. 633 figs. Plate 27, Figure 9

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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
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyFulgorariinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusPsephaeaSchumacher 1817
speciesprevostiana(Crosse 1878)

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.

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Diagnosis
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