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Volvarina avena

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella avena was named by Kiener (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Volvarina avena by Hinds (1844), Woodring (1970) and Ward and Blackwelder (1987); it was recombined as Marginella (Volvarina) avena by Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Hyalina avenacea by Portell et al. (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Marginella eobella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Marginella avena Kiener pp. 17-18
1844Volvarina avena Hinds p. 75
1922Marginella avena Olsson p. 97
1928Marginella (Volvarina) avena Woodring p. 236
1970Volvarina avena Woodring p. 331
1987Volvarina avena Ward and Blackwelder p. 180 figs. Plate 44, Fig. 10
1992Hyalina avenacea Portell et al.

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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
familyMarginellidaeFleming 1828
genusVolvarina(Hinds 1844)
speciesavena(Kiener 1834)

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.

Volvarina avena Kiener 1834
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Diagnosis
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