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Pleuroploca

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Pleuroploca was named by Fischer (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant. Its type is Murex trapezium.

It was reranked as Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) by Vredenburg (1925).

It was assigned to Fasciolaria by Vredenburg (1925); to Fasciolariidae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fasciolariinae by Wilson (1994), Snyder (2003) and Snyder et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Pleuroploca Fischer
1925Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) Vredenburg p. 163
1994Pleuroploca Wilson p. 74
2001Pleuroploca Todd
2002Pleuroploca Sepkoski
2003Pleuroploca Snyder p. 19
2012Pleuroploca Snyder et al.

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFasciolariinaeGray 1853
genusPleuroplocaFischer 1884

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. Pleuroploca Fischer 1884
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Pleuroploca cristata Tate 1888
Pleuroploca filamentosa Röding 1798
Pleuroploca gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Pleuroploca macdonaldi Olsson 1922
Pleuroploca olssoni Anderson 1929
Pleuroploca rugata Tate 1888
Pleuroploca trapezium Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available