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Cymatosyrinx limatula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma limatula was named by Conrad (1830). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Drillia limatula by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Cymatosyrinx limatula by Gardner (1948) and Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. louisae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Pleurotoma limatula Conrad p. 224 figs. Plate IX, Fig. 12
1904Drillia limatula Martin p. 158
1948Cymatosyrinx limatula Gardner p. 269
1998Cymatosyrinx limatula Ward p. 77

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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)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusCymatosyrinxDall 1889
specieslimatula(Conrad 1830)

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.

†Cymatosyrinx limatula Conrad 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available