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Columbella (Astyris) constantia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella (Astyris) constantia was named by Moody (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 11079, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3030, Fourth and Hill Streets, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Columbella (Astyris) constantia Moody p. 53 figs. Plate 1, Figures 7a, 7b

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusColumbellaAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusAstyris
speciesconstantia

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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