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Paraglauconia

Gastropoda - Cassiopidae

Taxonomy
Paraglauconia was named by Steinmann (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: K Berr-l K Albi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 815].

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cassiopidae by Bandel (1993) and Banjac et al. (2007).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Paraglauconia Steinmann
1993Paraglauconia Bandel p. 9
2002Paraglauconia Sepkoski
2007Paraglauconia Banjac et al. pp. 64 - 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Cerithiimorpha(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
familyCassiopidae(Beurlen 1967)
genusParaglauconiaSteinmann 1929

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.

G. †Paraglauconia Steinmann 1929
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Paraglauconia lyrica Maury 1936
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. D. Banjac et al. 2007According to
it, the shell is of conical shape with concave whorls.
Ornament consists of two rows of nodes positioned at the apical corner and the edge to the base of whorls. Spiral rows of secondary order may occur. The growth lines bear a wide sinus which reflects a wide lobe at the middle of the outer lip of the aperture.