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Homalopoma (Homalopoma) baculum

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Leptonyx bacula was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 16284, a shell.

It was recombined as Leptothyra bacula by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Homalopoma bacula by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Homalopoma (Homalopoma) baculum by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. arenosa, H. sangarensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Leptonyx bacula Carpenter p. 652
1925Leptothyra bacula Oldroyd p. 20
1931Homalopoma bacula Clark pp. table opp. p. 30
2021Homalopoma (Homalopoma) baculum Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHomalopomaCarpenter 1864
subgenusHomalopomaCarpenter 1864
speciesbaculum(Carpenter 1864)

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