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Astyris lunata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Nassa lunata was named by Say (1826) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Columbella lunata by Holmes (1860); it was recombined as Mitrella lunata by Gardner (1948), Abbott (1954), Spencer and Campbell (1987); it was recombined as Anachis (Alia) lunata by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Columbella (Astyris) lunata by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Astyris lunata by Dall (1870), Dall (1890), Rosenberg (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Nassa lunata Say p. 213
1860Columbella lunata Holmes p. 74
1870Astyris lunata Dall p. 242
1890Astyris lunata Dall p. 137
1948Mitrella lunata Gardner pp. 225-226
1953Anachis (Alia) lunata Olsson and Harbison
1954Mitrella lunata Abbott p. 223
1962Columbella (Astyris) lunata Richards p. 81
1987Mitrella lunata Spencer and Campbell p. 64
2009Astyris lunata Rosenberg

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusAstyrisAdams and Adams 1853
specieslunata(Say 1826)

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.

Astyris lunata Say 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available