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Strombina (Spiralta) elegans

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella elegans was named by Sowerby (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Guatemala-Mexico. COMMENT: Type specimen and dimensions based on lectotype.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1966249/1, a shell.

It was recombined as Columbella (Strombina) elegans by Tryon (1882); it was recombined as Strombina (Strombina) elegans by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Strombina (Spiralta) elegans by Jung (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ceryx, S. chrirquiensis, S. lampra, S. lissa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Columbella elegans Sowerby
1832Columbella elegans Sowerby I
1882Columbella (Strombina) elegans Tryon p. 186
1971Strombina (Strombina) elegans Keen p. 600
1989Strombina (Spiralta) elegans Jung p. 84

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyColumbellinaeSwainson 1840
genusStrombinaMörch 1852
subgenusSpiraltaJung 1986
specieselegans(Sowerby 1832)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available