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Editharus polygonus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Fusus polygonus was named by Lamarck (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Mediterranean, Iran.]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Editharus.

It was recombined as Tritonidea polygona by Boussac (1910); it was recombined as Cantharus (Cantharus) polygonus by Karagiuleva (1964); it was recombined as Cantharus polygonus by Galante (1974); it was recombined as Editharus polygonus by Vermeij (2001), Harzhauser (2004) and Vermeij and Lozouet (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Fusus polygonus Lamarck p. 319 figs. Pl 6, fig 12
1910Tritonidea polygona Boussac p. 171
1964Cantharus (Cantharus) polygonus Karagiuleva p. 195 figs. pl. 53, figs. 9a-b
1974Cantharus polygonus Galante p. 59 figs. pl. 1, fig. 10
2001Editharus polygonus Vermeij p. 301
2004Editharus polygonus Harzhauser p. 136
2012Editharus polygonus Vermeij and Lozouet p. 83

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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
genusEditharus
speciespolygonus()

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.

Editharus polygonus Lamarck 1803
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Diagnosis
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