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Bulbus fragilis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica fragilis was named by Leach (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; northern Pacific, northern Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Bulbus fragilis by Marincovich (1977) and Majima (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Natica fragilis Leach p. 62
1977Bulbus fragilis Marincovich p. 335
1989Bulbus fragilis Majima p. 32

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusBulbusBrown 1839
speciesfragilis(Leach 1819)

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.

Bulbus fragilis Leach 1819
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available