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Cymatophos acolus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Cymatophos acolus was named by Woodring (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 643695, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cymatophos acolus Woodring p. 261 figs. pl. 47, figs. 3, 4, 7-10

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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
genusCymatophosPilsbry and Olsson 1941
speciesacolus

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.

Cymatophos acolus Woodring 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available