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Aporrhais pespelecani

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Strombus pespelecani was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aporrhais pespelicani by Wood (1848); it was recombined as Aporrhais pespelecani by Harzhauser (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ebersini, A. haudnervatus, A. menthafontis, A. sowerbyi, A. subfusiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Strombus pespelecani Linnaeus
1848Aporrhais pespelicani Wood p. 25
2002Aporrhais pespelecani Harzhauser p. 84

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
genusAporrhaisda Costa 1778
speciespespelecani()

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.

†Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available