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Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 441828, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. levicristata
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 159 figs. Pl 22, figs i-l

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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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyTurrinaeSwainson 1840
genusCosmasyrinxMarwick 1931
speciesbrychiosinus

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.

†Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available