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Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittium boiplex was named by Dall (1892). Its type specimen is USNM 113343, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex by Hoerle (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. io, A. menthafontis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Bittium boiplex Dall p. 275 figs. pl. 21, fig. 14
1972Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex Hoerle p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyAlabininae(Dall 1927)
genusAlabinaDall 1902
subgenusCaloosalbaOlsson and Harbison 1953
speciesboiplex(Dall 1892)

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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