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Cassis nummulitiphila

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis mammillaris nummulitiphila was named by Sacco (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Somalia, Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cassis nummulitiphila by Azzaroli (1958).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cassis mammillaris nummulitiphila Sacco p. 11 figs. figs. 4, 5
1958Cassis nummulitiphila Azzaroli p. 120

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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
speciesnummulitiphila(Sacco 1890)

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 nummulitiphila Sacco 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available