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Neptunea (Trophonopsis)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Trophonopsis was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Trophon (Trophonopsis) by Cossmann (1903); it was reranked as Neptunea (Trophonopsis) by Dall (1919).

It was assigned to Trophon by Cossmann (1903); to Neptunea by Dall (1919); to Trophoninae by Hickman (1980); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trophon (Trophonopsis) Cossmann p. 54
1919Neptunea (Trophonopsis) Dall p. 338
1980Trophonopsis Hickman p. 53
2002Trophonopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBuccininaeRafinesque 1815
tribeColiniGray 1857
subfamilyNeptuneinaeStimpson 1865
genusNeptuneaRöding 1798
subgenusTrophonopsis

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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Trophonopsis platacantha Hickman 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available