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Cominella staufti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Tritonidea staufti was named by Olsson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Cominella staufti by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. crozieri, C. dingleyi, C. hendersoni, C. ottoi, C. ottoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Tritonidea staufti Olsson p. 128 figs. pl. 17, fig. 11
2008Cominella staufti 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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCominellaGray 1850
speciesstaufti()

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.

†Cominella staufti Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available