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Cypraecassis (Levenia)

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Levenia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cassis (Levenia) by Schenck (1926); it was reranked as Cypraecassis (Levenia) by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Cassis by Schenck (1926); to Cypraecassis by Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Levenia Gray
1926Cassis (Levenia) Schenck p. 75
2001Cypraecassis (Levenia) Todd
2002Levenia Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCypraecassisStuchburry 1837
subgenusLevenia(Gray 1847)

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. Cypraecassis (Levenia) Gray 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available