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Cystiscus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

Taxonomy
Cystiscus was named by Stimpson (1865) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8220]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Marginella (Cystiscus) by Valentine (1958).

It was assigned to Marginella by Valentine (1958); to Marginellidae by Wilson (1993); and to Cystiscidae by Todd (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cystiscus Stimpson
1958Marginella (Cystiscus) Valentine
1993Cystiscus Wilson p. 141
2001Cystiscus Todd

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyCystiscidaeStimpson 1865
genusCystiscusStimpson 1865

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.

G. Cystiscus Stimpson 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available