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Haliotis (Sulculus) benoisti

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Taxonomy
Haliotis benoisti was named by Cossmann (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Haliotis (Sulculus) benoisti by Lozouet et al. (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. cyclobates, H. diversicolor, H. sorenseni, H. subcirculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Haliotis benoisti Cossmann p. 22 figs. pl. 5, figs. 14-15
2001Haliotis (Sulculus) benoisti Lozouet et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyHaliotoideaRafinesque 1815
familyHaliotidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHaliotisLinnaeus 1758
subgenusSulculusAdams and Adams 1854
speciesbenoisti(Cossmann 1896)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available