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Testallium cepa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae

Taxonomy
Gastridium cepa was named by Sowerby (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Testallium.

It was recombined as Testallium cepa by Frassinetti (2001) and Nielsen and Frassinetti (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Gastridium cepa Sowerby p. 261 figs. pl. 4, figs. 68, 69
2001Testallium cepa Frassinetti p. 81
2003Testallium cepa Nielsen and Frassinetti p. 95

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyPseudolivoideade Gregorio 1880
familyPseudolividaede Gregorio 1880
genusTestalliumVermeij 1997
speciescepa(Sowerby 1846)

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.

†Testallium cepa Sowerby 1846
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Diagnosis
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