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Corsania (Januncia)

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Corsania (Januncia) Cushing Woods and Saul p. 640
1997Corsania (Januncia) Saul and Squires p. 142
1999Corsania (Januncia) Squires p. 15
2002Corsania (Januncia) Squires and Saul p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNeritinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCorsaniaVidal 1917
subgenusJanuncia

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.

Subg. †Corsania (Januncia) Cushing Woods and Saul 1986
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Corsania (Januncia) janus Cushing Woods and Saul 1986
Corsania (Januncia) oraria Saul and Squires 1997
Corsania (Januncia) rhoga Saul and Squires 1997
Corsania (Januncia) susana Saul and Squires 1997
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. J. Cushing Woods and L. R. Saul 1986lobose, with depressed spire and rapidly enlarging whorls; ornament of very strong to moderate spiral ridges granulate to tuberculate, granules or tubercles usually vaulted and rasp-like, some species with collabral ribs on the abapical third of the whorl; inner lip in two parts, an outer rim which with the outer lip creates a nearly round aperture, and the nearly straight inner margin of the depressed semicircular deck which bears a few strong teeth; outer lip strongly prosocline, smooth internally.