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Cerithiopsis mekranica

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy

Cerithiopsis mekranica was named by Vredenburg (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. albovitalum, C. alveolata, C. bicolor, C. columna, C. exilis, C. fayalensis, C. galapagensis, C. grippi, C. lata, C. lottae, C. maresi, C. minima, C. pseudomanzonii, C. quadrilirata, C. regularicostata, C. sohli, C. trigeminata, C. unisulcata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Cerithiopsis mekranica Vredenburg p. 374 figs. pl. 21, fig. 4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Triphoroidea	Gray 1847
family	Cerithiopsidae	Adams and Adams 1853
genus	Cerithiopsis	Hanley 1849
species	mekranica

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.

†Cerithiopsis mekranica Vredenburg 1928

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available