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Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Porphyria minuta was named by Link (1807). It is extant.

It was recombined as Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta by Olsson (1956) and Woodring (1964); it was recombined as Olivella minuta by Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Porphyria minuta Link
1817Voluta nitidula Dillwyn
1857Oliva verreauxii Ducros
1956Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta Olsson p. 190
1964Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta Woodring p. 280
1971Olivella nitidula DuBar
2009Olivella minuta Massemin et al. p. 190

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
genusOlivellaSwainson 1831
subgenusNiteoliva
speciesminuta(Link 1807)

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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