Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Nitidella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Nitidella was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Columbella (Nitidella) by Maury (1917).

It was assigned to Columbella by Maury (1917); to Columbellidae by Jung (1994) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Nitidella Swainson p. 313
1917Columbella (Nitidella) Maury p. 99 figs. pl. 21, figs. 3, 4
1994Nitidella Jung p. 21
2001Nitidella Todd
2002Nitidella Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusNitidellaSwainson 1840

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. Nitidella Swainson 1840
show all | hide all
Nitidella caimitana Jung 1994
Nitidella cibaoica Maury 1917
Nitidella nitida Lamarck 1822
hide
Invalid names: Nitidella marmorata Swainson 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available