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Crassispira (Crassispirella) jamaicensis

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma jamaicense was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 64066, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurotoma (Drillia) jamaicense by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Drillia jamaicense by Pilsbry (1922); it was recombined as Crassispira jamaicense by Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Crassispira (Crassispirella) jamaicensis by Woodring (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pleurotoma jamaicense Guppy p. 290 figs. pl. 16, fig. 6
1903Pleurotoma (Drillia) jamaicense Dall p. 1583
1922Drillia jamaicense Pilsbry p. 320
1928Crassispira jamaicense Woodring p. 149
1970Crassispira (Crassispirella) jamaicensis Woodring p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusCrassispiraSwainson 1840
subgenusCrassispirella
speciesjamaicensis(Guppy 1866)

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
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