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Leucozonia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Leucozonia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Murex nassa.

It was reranked as Turbinella (Leucozonia) by Morch (1852); it was reranked as Fusus (Leucozonia) by Coulon (1936).

It was assigned to Turbinella by Morch (1852); to Fusus by Coulon (1936); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fasciolariidae by Abbass (1967), Todd (2001) and Vermeij and Snyder (2002); and to Peristerniinae by Snyder (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Leucozonia Gray
1852Turbinella (Leucozonia) Morch p. 100
1936Fusus (Leucozonia) Coulon p. 128
1967Leucozonia Abbass p. 91
2001Leucozonia Todd
2002Leucozonia Sepkoski
2002Leucozonia Vermeij and Snyder p. 24
2003Leucozonia Snyder p. 23

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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)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyPeristerniinaeTryon 1880
genusLeucozoniaGray 1847

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. Leucozonia Gray 1847
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Subg. Leucozonia (Leucozonia) Gray 1847
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†Leucozonia micronema Tate 1888
Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Fusus (Leucozonia) cinguliferus Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Leucozonia angularis Reeve 1847 [synonym], Leucozonia fuscata Gmelin 1791 [synonym], Leucozonia knorrii Deshayes 1843 [synonym]
†Leucozonia staminea Tate 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available