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Casmaria erincaeus

Gastropoda - Cassidae

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

It was corrected as Buccinum erinaceus by Linnaeus (1758); it was recombined as Cassis (Casmaria) erincaeus by Foster (1965); it was recombined as Casmaria erinacea by Wilson (1993), Wilson (1993) and Wilson (2002); it was recombined as Casmaria erincaea by Kreipl (1997); it was recombined as Casmaria erincaeus by Abbott (1968) and Beu (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Buccinum erinaceus Linnaeus
1758Buccinum erincaeus Linnaeus p. 736
1965Cassis (Casmaria) erincaeus Foster
1968Casmaria erincaeus Abbott p. 190
1993Casmaria erinacea Wilson
1997Casmaria erincaea Kreipl p. 43
2002Casmaria erinacea Wilson p. 126
2005Casmaria erincaeus Beu p. 44

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
genusCasmariaAdams and Adams 1853
specieserincaeus(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.

Casmaria erincaeus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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