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Caricella polita

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Caricella polita was named by Conrad (1854). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. obsoleta, C. turneri, C. florea, C. pycnoplecta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Caricella polita Conrad p. 289
1856Caricella polita Conrad p. 261
1947Caricella polita Harris and Palmer p. 394

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyScaphellinaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusCaricellaConrad 1835
speciespolita

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.

†Caricella polita Conrad 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available