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Microdrillia comatotropis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma comatotropis was named by Dall (1881). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mangilia comatotropis by Dall (1889); it was recombined as Microdrillia comatotropis by Woodring (1928), Woodring (1970) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall p. 58 figs. pl. 11, fig. 12
1886Pleurotoma (Mangelia) tiara Watson p. 347 figs. pl. 21, fig. 7
1889Mangilia comatotropis Dall p. 116 figs. pl. 11, fig. 12
1928Microdrillia comatotropis Woodring p. 198
1970Microdrillia comatotropis Woodring p. 390
2008Microdrillia comatotropis Hendy et al.

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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)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusMicrodrilliaCasey 1903
speciescomatotropis(Dall 1881)

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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Invalid names: Pleurotoma (Mangelia) tiara Watson 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available