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Hyalinia (Polita) mendica

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Helix (Hyalina) mendica was named by Slavik (1869).

It was recombined as Hyalinia (Polita) mendica by Andreae (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. cellaria, H. miocenica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Helix (Hyalina) mendica Slavik
1902Hyalinia (Polita) mendica Andreae p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
genusHyalinia(Schumacher 1817)
subgenusPolita(Held 1838)
speciesmendica(Slavik 1869)

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 mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available