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Cassis (Morionella) verrucosa

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis verrucosa was named by Perry (1810) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cassis (Morionella) verrucosa by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

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

Synonyms
  • Cassis cancellata was named by Lamarck (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Cassidaria cancellata by Lamarck (1822); it was recombined as Cassidea (Semicassis) cancellata by Cossmann and Pissarro (1911); it was recombined as Cassidea cancellata by Abrard (1925); it was recombined as Cassis (Morionella) cancellata by Wrigley (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Cassis (Morionella) verrucosa by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Cassis cancellata Lamarck p. 169
1810Cassis verrucosa Perry figs. pl. 15, fig. 4
1822Cassidaria cancellata Lamarck
1911Cassidea (Semicassis) cancellata Cossmann and Pissarro
1925Cassidea cancellata Abrard p. 235
1934Cassis (Morionella) cancellata Wrigley
1995Cassis (Morionella) verrucosa Pacaud and Le Renard

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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
subgenusMorionella(Dall 1909)
speciesverrucosa(Perry 1810)

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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Invalid names: Cassis cancellata Lamarck 1803 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available