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Paraborsonia varicosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Mitra varicosa was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Borsonia (Paraborsonia) varicosa by Pilsbry (1922); it was recombined as Paraborsonia varicosa by Petuch (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Mitra varicosa Sowerby
1922Borsonia (Paraborsonia) varicosa Pilsbry p. 326
1988Paraborsonia varicosa Petuch p. 157

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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)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusParaborsoniaPilsbry 1922
speciesvaricosa(Sowerby 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.

†Paraborsonia varicosa Sowerby 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available