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Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea nucleus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pustularia nucleus by Gabb (1873); it was recombined as Cypraea (Pustularia) nucleus by Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Staphylaea (Nuclearia) nucleus by MacNeil (1960); it was recombined as Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus by Okutaini (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus
1873Pustularia nucleus Gabb p. 236
1929Cypraea (Pustularia) nucleus Anderson
1960Staphylaea (Nuclearia) nucleus MacNeil pp. 51 - 52 figs. Plate 19, figures 5-6
2000Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus Okutaini p. 241

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusCypraeaJousseaume 1884
subgenusStaphylaea
speciesnucleus(Linnaeus 1758)

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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