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Gisortia

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Synonyms
  • Aricia was named by Gray (1837).

    It was reranked as Cypraea (Aricia) by McCoy (1876); it was replaced with Gisortia by Jousseaume (1884).

    It was assigned to Cypraea by McCoy (1876).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Aricia Gray
1876Cypraea (Aricia) McCoy
1884Gisortia Jousseaume
1967Gisortia Abbass p. 63
1973Gisortia Iqbal p. 22
1977Gisortia Adegoke p. 139
1987Gisortia Squires p. 35
2002Gisortia Sepkoski
2023Gisortia Groves and Squires p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusGisortiaJousseaume 1884

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.

G. †Gisortia Jousseaume 1884
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Subg. †Gisortia (Megalocypraea) Schilder 1927
Subg. †Gisortia (Vicetia) Fabiani 1905
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Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni Lefèvre 1878
Vicetia sowerbyi Schilder 1930
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Invalid names: Vicetia depressa Sowerby 1839 [replaced]
Vicetia vredenburgi Schilder 1930
Gisortia brevis Douvillé 1920
Gisortia clarki Ingram 1940
Gisortia colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Gisortia coombii Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Gisortia gisortiana Passy 1859 [synonym]
Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828
Gisortia harrisi Palmer 1957
Gisortia ibrahimi Abbass 1967
Gisortia mahgoobi Abbass 1967
Gisortia murchisoni d'Archaic and Haime 1854
Gisortia tuberculosa Duclos 1825
Invalid names: Aricia Gray 1837 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023Shell ovoid, irregularly rounded and can be tuberculous. Lips little or not toothed (Jousseaume, 1884: pp. 88, 89).