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Echinophoria wyvillei

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis (Bezoardica) wyvillei was named by Watson (1886). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1887.2.9.1259, a shell.

It was recombined as Galeodea wyvillei by Clench (1944); it was recombined as Semicassis wyvillei by Kuroda and Habe (1952); it was recombined as Echinophoria wyvillei by Beu (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Semicassis tostoma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cassis (Bezoardica) wyvillei Watson p. 408 figs. pl. 14, fig. 13
1944Galeodea wyvillei Clench p. 4
1952Semicassis wyvillei Kuroda and Habe p. 85
2008Echinophoria wyvillei Beu p. 373

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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
subfamilyPhaliinaeBeu 1981
genusEchinophoriaSacco 1890
specieswyvillei(Watson 1886)

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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