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Fossarinae

Gastropoda - Planaxidae

Taxonomy
Fossaridae was named by Adams (1860) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5396]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Planaxidae by Jeffery (2003); it was reranked as the subfamily Fossarinae by Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Taenioglossa by Martin (1904); to Cerithioidea by Ponder and Warén (1988); to Caenogastropoda by Wienrich (2001); and to Planaxidae by Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Fossaridae Adams
1904Fossaridae Martin p. 240
1988Fossaridae Ponder and Warén p. 295
2001Fossaridae Wienrich p. 418
2005Fossarinae Bouchet et al. p. 249
2017Fossarinae Bouchet et al. p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPlanaxidaeGray 1850
subfamilyFossarinae(Adams 1860)
subfamilyFossarinae(Adams 1860)

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.

Subfm. Fossarinae Adams 1860
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G. †Amplostoma Stoliczka 1868
G. Couthouyia Adams 1860
G. †Cymenorytis Cossmann 1988
G. Fossarus Philippi 1841
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Subg. †Fossarus (Isapsis) Adams and Adams
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Fossarus (Isapsis) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
Fossarus ambiguus Linnaeus 1758
Fossarus dalli Anderson and Martin 1914
G. †Larinopsis Gatliff 1916
G. †Medoriopsis Cossmann 1888
G. †Micreschara Cossmann 1891
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Subg. †Micreschara (Naridista) Laws 1939
G. †Postalia Oppenheim 1896
G. †Vouastia Raspail 1909
G. Zeradina Finlay 1926
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Subg. †Zeradina (Naridista) Laws 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available