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Scalaria biserta

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Turbo bisertus 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 Scalaria biserta by Kittl (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. jasmundi, S. pacifica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turbo bisertus Münster p. 116 figs. Pl 12, fig 38
1892Scalaria biserta Kittl p. 51 figs. Pl 5, figs 43,44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusScalariaLamarck 1801
speciesbiserta()

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.

†Scalaria biserta Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available