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Cerithiopsis stejnegeri

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy

Cerithiopsis stejnegeri was named by Dall (1884). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. albovitalum, C. alveolata, C. bicolor, C. columna, C. exilis, C. fayalensis, C. galapagensis, C. grippi, C. lata, C. lottae, C. maresi, C. minima, C. pseudomanzonii, C. quadrilirata, C. regularicostata, C. sohli, C. trigeminata, C. unisulcata

Synonyms

Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) fatua was named by Bartsch (1911). Its type specimen is USNM 195194, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deadman Island area - Lower San Pedro Series (1900s-1950s) [San Pedro Sand], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.

It was recombined as Cerithiopsis pedroana fatua by Woodring (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Cerithiopsis stejnegeri by Hendy (2021).
Cerithiopsis paramoea was named by Bartsch (1911). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cerithiopsis stejnegeri by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Cerithiopsis stejnegeri Dall p. 345
1911	Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) fatua Bartsch pp. 331-332 figs. pl. 36, fig. 5
1911	Cerithiopsis paramoea Bartsch p. 356
1946	Cerithiopsis pedroana fatua Woodring p. 97
2021	Cerithiopsis stejnegeri Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Triphoroidea	Gray 1847
family	Cerithiopsidae	Adams and Adams 1853
genus	Cerithiopsis	Hanley 1849
species	stejnegeri	Dall 1884

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.

Cerithiopsis stejnegeri Dall 1884

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Invalid names: Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) fatua Bartsch 1911 [synonym], Cerithiopsis paramoea Bartsch 1911 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available