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Cryptonatica affinis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Nerita affinis was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Northern Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Natica affinis by Simonarson et al. (1998); it was recombined as Tectonatica affinis by Eiriksson et al. (2004); it was recombined as Cryptonatica affinis by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Cryptonatica aleutica was named by Dall (1919). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa by Marincovich (1977); it was synonymized subjectively with Cryptonatica affinis by Hendy (2020).
  • Neverita russa was named by Gould (1859). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Natica russa by Willett (1937); it was recombined as Tectonatica russa by Glen (1953); it was synonymized subjectively with Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa by Marincovich (1977); it was synonymized subjectively with Cryptonatica affinis by Hendy (2020).
  • Natica clausa was named by Broderip and Sowerby (1829) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Northern and Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Natica (Tectonatica) clausa by Soper and Grant (1932); it was recombined as Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa by Richards (1962), Marincovich (1977), Marincovich (1983) and Marincovich (1988); it was recombined as Tectonatica clausa by Okutani (1964); it was recombined as Cryptonatica clausa by Majima (1989); it was synonymized subjectively with Cryptonatica affinis by Bouchet and Warén (1993) and Hendy (2020).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Nerita affinis Gmelin p. 3675
1829Natica clausa Broderip and Sowerby p. 372
1859Neverita russa Gould p. 43
1919Cryptonatica aleutica Dall p. 352
1932Natica (Tectonatica) clausa Soper and Grant p. 1063
1937Natica russa Willett
1950Cryptonatica aleutica Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
1953Tectonatica russa Glen figs. fig. 5
1962Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Richards
1964Tectonatica clausa Okutani pp. 395-396
1977Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Marincovich pp. 410 - 418 figs. PI. 41, figs. 7-10; PI. 42, figs. 1-6; Text-fig. 8
1983Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Marincovich p. 113
1988Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Marincovich p. 15
1989Cryptonatica clausa Majima p. 82
1998Natica affinis Simonarson et al.
2004Tectonatica affinis Eiriksson et al.
2021Cryptonatica affinis Hendy

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyNaticinaeGuilding 1834
genusCryptonaticaDall 1892
speciesaffinis(Gmelin 1791)

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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Invalid names: Cryptonatica aleutica Dall 1919 [synonym], Natica clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829 [synonym], Tectonatica russa Gould 1859 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available