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Trypanotoma (Sinistrella) americana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Triforis americanus was named by Aldrich (1885) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6829].

It was recombined as Pleurotoma americana by Aldrich (1886); it was recombined as Trypanotoma (Sinistrella) americana by Cossmann (1896); it was recombined as Sinistrella americana by Harris and Palmer (1947), Kosnik (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. carlottae, T. cooperi, T. longispira, T. melanella, T. obtusa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Triforis americanus Aldrich
1886Pleurotoma americana Aldrich
1896Trypanotoma (Sinistrella) americana Cossmann
1947Sinistrella americana Harris and Palmer p. 422
2002Sinistrella americana Kosnik

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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
genusTrypanotomaMeyer 1887
subgenusSinistrella
speciesamericana(Aldrich 1885)

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
No diagnoses are available