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Mammilla melanostoma

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Nerita melanostoma was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Polinices melanostoma by Nomua (1934); it was recombined as Mammilla melanostoma by Majima (1989) and Okutaini (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Nerita melanostoma Gmelin
1934Polinices melanostoma Nomua
1989Mammilla melanostoma Majima p. 66
2000Mammilla melanostoma Okutaini p. 255

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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
genusMammillaSchumacher 1817
speciesmelanostoma(Gmelin 1791)

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.

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Diagnosis
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