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Columbella mercatoria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Voluta mercatoria was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Columbella mercatoria by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus pp. 730-731
1962Columbella williamgabbi Weisbord p. 308 figs. pl. 27, figs, 14, 15
2008Columbella mercatoria 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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusColumbellaLamarck 1799
speciesmercatoria(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Columbella williamgabbi Weisbord 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available