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Prodentalium canna

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium canna was named by White (1874).

It was recombined as Plagioglypta canna by Girty (1910), Clifton (1942), Chronic (1952), Cooper (1953), Walter (1953), Winters (1963) and Mayou (1967); it was recombined as Prodentalium canna by Yancey (1973) and Yancey (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Dentalium canna White p. 23
1909Dentalium mexicanum Girty
1910Plagioglypta canna Girty p. 44 figs. Pl 6, fig 14
1930Plagioglypta monolineata Branson
1942Plagioglypta canna Clifton p. 694 figs. Pl 101, fig 19
1952Plagioglypta canna Chronic p. 153
1953Plagioglypta canna Cooper p. 79 figs. Pl 24, figs 19, 20
1953Plagioglypta canna Walter p. 700 figs. Pl 73, figs 18,19
1963Plagioglypta canna Winters p. 63 figs. Pl 9, fig 9
1967Plagioglypta canna Mayou p. 119 figs. Pl 2, fig 9
1973Prodentalium canna Yancey p. 1126
1978Prodentalium canna Yancey p. 308 figs. Pl 6, figs 7-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyProdentaliidaeStarobogatov 1974
genusProdentaliumYoung 1942
speciescanna()

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.

Prodentalium canna White 1874
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Invalid names: Plagioglypta monolineata Branson 1930 [synonym], Prodentalium mexicanum Girty 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available