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Closia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Closia was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Marginella (Closia) by Mansfield (1925); it was reranked as Persicula (Closia) by Dey (1961).

It was assigned to Marginella by Mansfield (1925); to Persicula by Dey (1961); to Volutidae by Abbass (1967); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. (Bullata)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Marginella (Closia) Mansfield p. 40
1961Persicula (Closia) Dey
1967Closia Abbass p. 117
2002Closia Sepkoski

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
genusClosia

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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Subg. Closia (Bullata) Jousseaume 1875
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†Bullata larvata Conrad 1833
†Bullata semen Lea 1833
†Bullata taylori Olsson 1916
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Invalid names: Marginella popenoei Mansfield 1930 [synonym]
†Closia (Bullata) gamali Abbass 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available