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Austrosassia abbotti

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Triton abbotti was named by Woods (1874) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Austrosassia abbotti by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. mathewi, A. matthewi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Triton abbotti Woods p. 24 figs. pl. 1, fig. 8
1888Triton abbotti Tate p. 117
1970Austrosassia abbotti Darragh p. 151

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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)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusAustrosassia(Bellardi 1872)
speciesabbotti(Woods 1874)

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.

†Austrosassia abbotti Woods 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available