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Carychium (Saraphia)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Carychiidae

Taxonomy
Carychium (Saraphia) was named by Risso (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Carychium by Schlickum and Strauch (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Carychium (Saraphia) Risso
1978Carychium (Saraphia) Schlickum and Strauch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
orderEllobiida(Van Mol 1967)
superfamilyEllobioideaPfeiffer 1854
familyCarychiidaeJeffreys 1830
genusCarychiumMüller 1773
subgenusSaraphiaRisso 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.

Subg. Carychium (Saraphia) Risso 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:41:12
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:41:12
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available