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Pisania

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Pisania was named by Bivona-Bernardi (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nassariinae by Wilson (1994); to Buccinidae by Martin (1904), Gardner (1948), MacNeil (1960) and Todd (2001); to Pisaniinae by Beu and Maxwell (1987) and Vermeij (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
  • Hilda was named by Hoernes and Auinger (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Mi-m]. It is not extant.

    It was reranked as Triton (Hilda) by Hoernes and Auinger (1884); it was synonymized subjectively with Pisania by Beu and Maxwell (1987).

    It was assigned to Charonia by Hoernes and Auinger (1884); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Pisania Bivona-Bernardi p. 8
1884Hilda Hoernes and Auinger
1884Triton (Hilda) Hoernes and Auinger p. 182
1904Pisania Martin p. 187
1948Pisania Gardner p. 237
1960Pisania MacNeil p. 77
1987Pisania Beu and Maxwell p. 56
1994Pisania Wilson p. 95
2001Pisania Todd
2001Pisania Vermeij p. 296
2002Hilda Sepkoski
2002Pisania Sepkoski

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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)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPisaniaBivona-Bernardi 1832

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. Pisania Bivona-Bernardi 1832
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†Pisania rostrata Tate 1888
†Pisania semicostata Tate 1888
†Pisania transsylvanica Hoernes and Auinger 1884
Invalid names: Hilda Hoernes and Auinger 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available