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Massyla obtusa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria obtusa was named by Deshayes (1830). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Massyla) obtusa by Landau et al. (2007); it was recombined as Massyla obtusa by Landau et al. (2012) and Landau et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Cancellaria obtusa Deshayes
2007Cancellaria (Massyla) obtusa Landau et al.
2012Massyla obtusa Landau et al. p. 323

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusMassylaAdams and Adams 1854
speciesobtusa(Deshayes 1830)

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.

Massyla obtusa Deshayes 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available