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Polystira virgo

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma virgo was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turris albida virgo by Weisbord (1929); it was recombined as Drillia virgo by Barrios (1960); it was recombined as Polystira virgo by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Pleurotoma virgo Lamarck p. 94
1929Turris albida virgo Weisbord p. 53
1960Drillia virgo Barrios p. 293
2008Polystira virgo Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPolystira
speciesvirgo(Lamarck 1822)

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.

Polystira virgo Lamarck 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available