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Erosaria acicularis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea acicularis was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cypraea (Erosaria) spurca by Weisbord (1962); it was recombined as Erosaria (Erosaria) spurca acicularis by Groves (1992); it was recombined as Erosaria acicularis by Gardiner (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Cypraea acicularis Gmelin p. 3421
1992Erosaria (Erosaria) spurca acicularis Groves p. 105
2001Erosaria acicularis Gardiner

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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
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusErosariaTroschel 1863
speciesacicularis()

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.

Erosaria acicularis Gmelin 1791
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available