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Pustularia cicercula

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea cicercula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pustularia circercula by Swainson (1840); it was recombined as Pustularia (Pustularia) circercula by Hirase (1936); it was recombined as Cypraea (Pustularia) cicercula by Okutaini (2000); it was recombined as Pustularia cicercula by MacNeil (1960) and Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus
1840Pustularia circercula Swainson
1936Pustularia (Pustularia) circercula Hirase figs. pl. 94, fig. 1
1960Pustularia cicercula MacNeil pp. 50 - 51 figs. Plate 19, figure 1-2
2000Cypraea (Pustularia) cicercula Okutaini p. 241
2005Pustularia cicercula Rosenberg

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPustulariinaeGill 1871
genusPustulariaSwainson 1840
speciescicercula(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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