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Bivetiella similis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria similis was named by Sowerby (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; West Africa.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Cancellaria (Bivetiella).

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Bivetiella) similis by Wenz (1943) and Petit (1976); it was recombined as Bivetiella similis by Landau et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cancellaria similis Sowerby
1943Cancellaria (Bivetiella) similis Wenz p. 1356
1976Cancellaria (Bivetiella) similis Petit p. 34
2012Bivetiella similis Landau et al. p. 914

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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
genusBivetiella(Wenz 1943)
speciessimilis(Sowerby 1833)

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.

Bivetiella similis Sowerby 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available