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Aphera islacolonis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria (Aphera) islacolonis was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cancellaria islacolonis by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Aphera islacolonis by Woodring (1970), Jung and Petit (1990), Landau et al. (2012) and Landau et al. (2012).

Synonyms
  • Cancellaria ellipsis was named by Pilsbry (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Aphera islacolonis by Woodring (1970).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cancellaria (Aphera) islacolonis Maury pp. 65-66 figs. pl. 10, fig. 12 a, b
1922Cancellaria islacolonis Olsson p. 86 figs. pl. 6, fig, 12
1922Cancellaria ellipsis Pilsbry p. 333 figs. pl. 22, figs. 8, 9
1970Aphera islacolonis Woodring p. 344
1990Aphera islacolonis Jung and Petit p. 110
2012Aphera islacolonis Landau et al. p. 327

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusApheraAdams and Adams 1854
speciesislacolonis()

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.

Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917
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Invalid names: Cancellaria ellipsis Pilsbry 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available