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Surcula ingens

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma ingens was named by Mayer-Eymar (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene; Nigeria, Egypt.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Surcula ingens by Newton (1922) and Abbass (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. inarata, S. miqueli, S. koeneni, S. camposi, Turris djiki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pleurotoma ingens Mayer-Eymar pp. 50-51 figs. 4: 1
1922Surcula ingens Newton
1967Surcula ingens Abbass p. 120

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusSurculaSchumacher 1817
speciesingens(Mayer-Eymar 1895)

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.

†Surcula ingens Mayer-Eymar 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available