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Cypraecassis tenuis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis tenuis was named by Wood (1828). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis by Schenck (1926); it was recombined as Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis by Emerson and Old (1963); it was recombined as Cypraecassis tenuis by Beu (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Cassis tenuis Wood p. 33 figs. pl. 4, fig. 4
1926Cassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis Schenck p. 76 figs. Plate 12, Figure 5
1963Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis Emerson and Old p. 12 figs. fig. 10
2010Cypraecassis tenuis 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
speciestenuis(Wood 1828)

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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