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Ovactaeonina scalaria

Gastropoda - Acteoninidae

Taxonomy
Tornatella scalaris was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Actaeonina scalaris by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Ovactaeonina scalaria by Pan (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Tornatella scalaris Münster p. 103 figs. Pl 10, fig 26
1843Oliva alpina Klipstein p. 205 figs. Pl 14, fig 26
1843Tornatella abbreviata Klipstein p. 205 figs. Pl 14, fig 26
1843Tornatella scalaris Klipstein p. 205 figs. Pl 14, fig 24
1868Actaeonina subscalaris Laube p. 50 figs. Pl 23, fig 8
1894Actaeonina scalaris Kittl p. 242 figs. Pl 11, figs 24-31
1982Ovactaeonina scalaria Pan p. 180 figs. Pl 5, figs 29,30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyActeoninoideaCossmann 1895
familyActeoninidae(Pchelincev and Korobkov 1960)
subfamilyActeonininae
genusOvactaeoninaHamlin 1884
speciesscalaria()

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.

Ovactaeonina scalaria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Actaeonina subscalaris Laube 1868 [synonym], Oliva alpina Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Tornatella abbreviata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available