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Atira ornatissima

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Angaria ornatissima was named by Gabb (1864). It is the type species of Atira.

It was recombined as Margarita ornatissima by White (1889); it was recombined as Margarites (Atira) ornatissima by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Atira ornatissima by Squires (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. tricarinata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Angaria ornatissima Gabb p. 121 figs. PI. 20, Fig. 78
1889Margarita ornatissima White p. 475
1927Margarites (Atira) ornatissima Stewart p. 315 figs. Plate XXIV, fig. 1
2010Atira ornatissima Squires pp. 1025 - 1026 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMargaritinaeStoliczka 1868
genusAtira()
speciesornatissima()

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.

†Atira ornatissima Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires 2010Atira with shell size medium, spire moderately high, pleural angle moderate, ramp wide and sloped, spiral threads very fine and covering teleoconch, and umbilical angulation without change in ornament.