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Microdrillia cossmanni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma cossmanni was named by Meyer (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Microdrillia.

It was recombined as Microdrillia cossmanni by Woodring (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Pleurotoma cossmanni Meyer
1970Microdrillia cossmanni Woodring p. 389

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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)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusMicrodrilliaCasey 1903
speciescossmanni(Meyer 1887)

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.

Microdrillia cossmanni Meyer 1887
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Diagnosis
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