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Tropicolpus

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Tropicolpus was named by Marwick (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 728].

It was assigned to Turritellidae by Beu et al. (1990); to Turritellinae by Titova (1994) and Allmon (1996); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Tropicolpus Marwick
1990Tropicolpus Beu et al. p. 407
1994Tropicolpus Titova p. 321
1996Tropicolpus Allmon p. 10
2002Tropicolpus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTropicolpusMarwick 1931

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. †Tropicolpus Marwick 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available