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Ericusa ellipsoidea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta ellipsoidea was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ericusa ellipsoidea by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Voluta ellipsoidea Tate p. 176 figs. pl. 8, fig. 4
1970Ericusa ellipsoidea Darragh p. 168

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusEricusaAdams and A 1858
speciesellipsoidea(Tate 1888)

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.

Ericusa ellipsoidea Tate 1888
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Diagnosis
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