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Lora expansa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Bela expansa was named by Sars (1878). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lora expansa by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Bela expansa Sars p. 240 figs. Pl. 17, fig. 7
1883Bela exigua Jeffreys p. 398 figs. Pl. 44, Fig. 10
1886Bela albrechti Krause p. 276 figs. Pl. 18, figs. 3, 11
1927Lora albrechti Oldroyd p. 106 figs. P. 11, Fig. 5
1931Lora expansa Grant, IV and Gale p. 541

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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)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusLoraMörch 1852
speciesexpansa(Sars 1878)

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.

Lora expansa Sars 1878
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Invalid names: Bela albrechti Krause 1886 [synonym], Bela exigua Jeffreys 1883 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available