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Sigatica regia

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Naticina regia was named by Guppy (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 115450, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Eunaticina regia by Dall (1903), Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Sigatica regia by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Naticina regia Guppy pp. 60-61 figs. pl. 2, fig. 6
1903Eunaticina regia Dall p. 1585
1928Eunaticina regia Woodring p. 387
2008Sigatica regia Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
genusSigatica(Meyer and Aldrich 1886)
speciesregia(Guppy 1873)

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.

†Sigatica regia Guppy 1873
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Diagnosis
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