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Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) argentea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Strombina (Cotonopsis) argentea was named by Houbrick (1983). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 810345, a shell.

It was recombined as Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) argentea by Jung (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Strombina (Cotonopsis) argentea Houbrick p. 349 figs. figs. 1-2
1989Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) argentea Jung p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyPyreninae
genusCotonopsisOlsson 1942
subgenusCotonopsisOlsson 1942
speciesargentea(Houbrick 1983)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available