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Cellana ampla

Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae

Taxonomy
Cellana ampla was named by Lindberg and Hickman (1986). Its type specimen is UCMP 37421, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP D8945, which is in a Priabonian marine siltstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. feldmanni, C. radiata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Cellana ampla Lindberg and Hickman pp. 663-665 figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyNacellidae(Thiele 1929)
genusCellanaAdams 1869
speciesampla

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.

†Cellana ampla Lindberg and Hickman 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available