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Cantharus variegatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Tritonidea variegata was named by Gray (1839). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cantharus variegatus by Poppe and Goto (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. amycus, C. californicus, C. minutulus, C. scissus, C. ventricosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Tritonidea variegata Gray
1991Cantharus variegatus Poppe and Goto p. 146

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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
genusCantharusRöding 1798
speciesvariegatus(Gray 1839)

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
No diagnoses are available