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Cypraecassis coarctata

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis coarctata was named by Sowerby (1825). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1967673, a shell.

It was recombined as Cassis (Levenia) coarctata by Schenck (1926); it was recombined as Cypraecassis coarctata by Beu (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Cassis coarctata Sowerby p. 70
1926Cassis (Levenia) coarctata Schenck p. 76 figs. Plate 12, figure 4
2010Cypraecassis coarctata Beu p. 227

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCypraecassisStuchburry 1837
speciescoarctata(Sowerby 1825)

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
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