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Ceratopea canadensis

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria canadensis was named by Billings (1865) [Pleurotomaria Canadensis]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Raphistoma canadensis by Whitfield (1886); it was recombined as Ophileta canadensis by Ulrich et al. (1931) and Stauffer (1937); it was recombined as Raphistomina canadensis by Wilson (1956); it was recombined as Ceratopea canadensis by Yochelson and Copeland (1974), Desbiens et al. (1996) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Pleurotomaria calcifera Billings
1865Pleurotomaria normani Billings
1865Pleurotomaria canadensis Billings p. 342 figs. f. 328a-c, 329
1865Pleurotomaria arabella Billings pp. 343 - 344 fig. 330
1886Raphistoma canadensis Whitfield p. 309
1889Raphistoma praevium Whitfield pp. 52 - 53 figs. pl. 8 f. 5-7
1897Liospira praevium Ulrich and Scofield p. 993
1931Ophileta canadensis Ulrich et al. p. 199
1937Ophileta canadensis Stauffer pp. 63 - 64 figs. pl. 12 f. 7-10, f. 12
1956Raphistomina canadensis Wilson figs. pl. 1 f. 2
1968Ophileta macroconica Flower p. 33 figs. pl. 7 f. 11-13, 15
1974Ceratopea canadensis Yochelson and Copeland p. 203 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-9; pl. 2 f. 1-6
1974Ceratopea arabella Yochelson and Copeland p. 204
1996Ceratopea canadensis Desbiens et al. p. 1142 figs. pl. 1 f. 16, 20-22
2000Pleurotomaria normani Boyce et al.
2008Euconia normani Rohr et al. p. 88
2023Ceratopea canadensis Wagner p. 730

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyRaphistomatoidea
familyRaphistomatidae()
genusCeratopea
speciescanadensis()

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.

Ceratopea canadensis Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Ceratopea arabella Billings 1865 [synonym], Ceratopea calcifera Billings 1859 [synonym], Ceratopea macroconica Flower 1968 [synonym], Ceratopea praevium Whitfield 1889 [synonym], Pleurotomaria normani Billings 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available