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Zeapollia purpuroides

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Ricinula purpuroides was named by Johnston (1879) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pisania purpuroides by Tate (1888); it was recombined as Zeapollia purpuroides by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Ricinula purpuroides Johnston p. 33
1888Pisania purpuroides Tate p. 165
1970Zeapollia purpuroides Darragh p. 190

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusZeapolliaRöding 1798
speciespurpuroides(Johnston 1879)

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.

†Zeapollia purpuroides Johnston 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available