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Sassia parvula

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Triton parvulum was named by Michelotti (1847) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Triton (Sassia) parvulum by Sacco (1904); it was recombined as Charonia (Sassia) parvula by Kojumdgieva and Strachimirov (1960); it was recombined as Sassia parvula by Harzhauser (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Eutritonium permutabile, S. monilifera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Triton parvulum Michelotti p. 249
1904Triton (Sassia) parvulum Sacco p. 38
1960Charonia (Sassia) parvula Kojumdgieva and Strachimirov p. 137
2002Sassia parvula Harzhauser p. 92

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusSassia(Bellardi 1872)
speciesparvula(Michelotti 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.

†Sassia parvula Michelotti 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available