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Columbellopsis nycteis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Colombella nycteis was named by Duclos (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Columbellopsis nycteis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Columbella fenestrata was named by Adams (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Panama.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Mitrella fenestrata by Woodring (1964); it was recombined as Anachis (Alia) fenestrata by da Silva Forti (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Columbellopsis nycteis by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Colombella nycteis Duclos
1850Columbella fenestrata Adams
1964Mitrella fenestrata Woodring p. 248
1969Anachis (Alia) fenestrata da Silva Forti
2008Columbellopsis nycteis Hendy et al.

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusColumbellopsisBucquoy et al. 1882
speciesnycteis(Duclos 1846)

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.

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Invalid names: Anachis (Alia) fenestrata Adams 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available