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Rissoa (Turboella) obsoleta

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Rissoa obsoleta was named by Wood (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Northern Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Rissoa (Turboella) obsoleta by Glibert (1957) and Marquet (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. boucherti, R. hortensis, R. phagon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Rissoa obsoleta Wood p. 533
1957Rissoa (Turboella) obsoleta Glibert p. 24
1997Rissoa (Turboella) obsoleta Marquet p. 15

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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)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusRissoaLeach in Gray 1847
subgenusTurboella
speciesobsoleta(Wood 1842)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available