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Cassis sulcifera

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis sulcifera was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cassidea sulcifera by Cooke (1919).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. abbreviatus, C. mombasana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cassis sulcifera Sowerby p. 47 figs. pl. 10, fig. 1
1917Cassis sulcifera Maury p. 110
1919Cassidea sulcifera Cooke p. 113
1922Cassis sulcifera Olsson p. 134
2010Cassis sulcifera Beu p. 221

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCassisScopoli 1777
speciessulciferaSowerby 1850

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.

†Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available