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Cyclomolops adekunbiana

Gastropoda - Rostellariidae

Taxonomy
Rimella adekunbiana was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 295 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

It was recombined as Cyclomolops adekunbiana by Squires (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Rimella adekunbiana Adegoke pp. 131 - 132 figs. pl., 20, figs. 21–23
2013Cyclomolops adekunbiana Squires p. 831

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyRostellariidae(Gabb 1868)
subfamilyCalyptraphorinaeBandel 2007
genusCyclomolopsGabb 1868
speciesadekunbiana()

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.

†Cyclomolops adekunbiana Adegoke 1977
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires 2013The latter, which is nearly smooth on its dorsal shell surface, except for a sinuous posterior canal, probably should be placed in Cyclomolops Gabb, 1868.