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Cornulina

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Cornulina was named by Conrad (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. Its type is Cornulina armigera.

It was reranked as Melongena (Cornulina) by Olsson (1928).

It was assigned to Melongena by Olsson (1928); to Fasciolariidae by Palmer (1937); to Buccinidae by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Melongeninae by Adegoke (1977); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Melongenidae by Perrilliat et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cornulina Conrad
1928Melongena (Cornulina) Olsson p. 130
1937Cornulina Palmer p. 337
1947Cornulina Harris and Palmer p. 360
1977Cornulina Adegoke p. 174
2002Cornulina Sepkoski
2006Cornulina Perrilliat et al. p. 163

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusCornulinaConrad 1853

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.

G. †Cornulina Conrad 1853
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Subg. †Cornulina (Afrocornulina) Adegoke 1977
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Cornulina armigera Conrad 1833
Cornulina levifusoides Olsson 1928
Cornulina louisianae Harris and Palmer 1947
Cornulina minax Solander 1766
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available