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Distorsio simillima

Gastropoda - Personidae

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

It was recombined as Persona simillima by Guppy (1866); it was recombined as Distortrix simillima by Dall (1903), Maury (1917), Olsson (1922) and Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Distorsio simillimus by Weisbord (1929); it was recombined as Distorsio simillima by Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Triton simillimus Sowerby p. 48
1866Persona simillima Guppy p. 288
1903Distortrix simillima Dall p. 1584
1917Distortrix simillima Maury p. 107
1922Distortrix simillima Olsson p. 133
1929Distortrix simillima Anderson p. 138
1929Distorsio simillimus Weisbord p. 40
2010Distorsio simillima Beu p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyPersonidaeGray 1854
genusDistorsioRöding 1798
speciessimillima(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.

Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850
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Diagnosis
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