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Cantharus (Eocantharus) cowlitzensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Cantharus (Eocantharus) cowlitzensis was named by Clark (1938). Its type specimen is UCMP 30889 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP Loc. A-1543 - Cowlitz River [Cowlitz Fm], which is in a Bartonian offshore sandstone in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. amycus, C. californicus, C. minutulus, C. scissus, C. ventricosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Cantharus (Eocantharus) cowlitzensis Clark p. 714 figs. Plate 4, figures 7, 8, 9, 10

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCantharusRöding 1798
subgenusEocantharus(Clark 1938)
speciescowlitzensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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