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Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans was named by Dall (1881) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Jamaica.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ancistrosyrinx elegans by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans by Woodring (1970) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Pleurotoma (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans Dall p. 54
1922Ancistrosyrinx elegans Olsson p. 60
1970Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans Woodring p. 371
2008Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCochlespiridae(Powell 1942)
genusCochlespiraConrad 1865
subgenusAncistrosyrinx
specieselegans(Dall 1881)

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