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Persististrombus obliteratus

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Strombus obliteratus was named by Hanna (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; California.]. Its type specimen is CAS 1809, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 682 - Alverson CaƱon [Imperial Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in California.

It was recombined as Persististrombus obliteratus by Kronenberg and Lee (2007) and Powell (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Strombus obliteratus Hanna
1988Strombus obliteratus Petuch p. 98
2007Persististrombus obliteratus Kronenberg and Lee p. 257
2008Persististrombus obliteratus Powell p. 16

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyStrombinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPersististrombus
speciesobliteratus()

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
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