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Sycodes capensis

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Pirula (Protopirula) capensis was named by Rennie (1930). It is the type species of Protopirula.

It was recombined as Protopirula capensis by Wenz (1938) and Beu et al. (1990); it was recombined as Cypraea capensis by Kiel and Bandel (2003); it was recombined as Sycodes capensis by Squires and Graham (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pirula (Protopirula) capensis Rennie p. 221 figs. pl. 25, figs. 21–23
1938Protopirula capensis Wenz
1990Protopirula capensis Beu et al. p. 83
2003Cypraea capensis Kiel and Bandel p. 458 fig. 4.7–8
2014Sycodes capensis Squires and Graham pp. 780 - 781

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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
superfamilyFicoideaMeek 1864
familyFicidaeMeek 1864
genusSycodes
speciescapensis(Rennie 1930)

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.

Sycodes capensis Rennie 1930
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Diagnosis
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