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Cassis cornuta

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum cornutum was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Neogene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cassidea cornuta by Bruguière (1792); it was recombined as Cassis (Cassis) cornuta by Schenck (1926); it was recombined as Cassis cornuta by Martin (1879), Wilson (2002) and Beu (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. abbreviatus, C. mombasana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus p. 735
1792Cassidea cornuta Bruguière p. 434
1879Cassis cornuta Martin p. 45
1926Cassis (Cassis) cornuta Schenck p. 75 figs. Plate 12, Figure 13
2002Cassis cornuta Wilson p. 124
2005Cassis cornuta Beu p. 34

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCassisScopoli 1777
speciescornuta(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Cassis cornuta Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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