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Costoanachis exilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Strombina exilis was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Columbella exilis by Guppy (1876); it was recombined as Anachis exilis by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Costoanachis exilis by Jung (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Anachis plicatulum, C. aulata, C. plicatula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Strombina exilis Gabb p. 222
1876Columbella exilis Guppy p. 526
1917Anachis exilis Maury p. 99
1989Costoanachis exilis Jung p. 281

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyPyreninae
genusCostoanachisAdams and Adams 1853
speciesexilis(Gabb 1873)

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.

†Costoanachis exilis Gabb 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available