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Morum (Oniscidia) domingense

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae

Taxonomy
Oniscia domingensis was named by Sowerby (1850) [TYPE LOCALITY: TU 1293, Gurabo Fm, Rio Mao, Dominican Republic. TYPE REPOSITORY: BMNH (Lectotype)]. Its type specimen is BMNH G 83 846, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Morum domingensis by Gabb (1873); it was recombined as Morum domingense by Dall (1915), Maury (1917), Vaughn et al. (1921), Pilsbry (1922), Ramírez (1956), Woodring (1959) and Pflug (1961); it was recombined as Morum (Oniscidia) domingense by Landau (1996), Raymond (1997) and Vokes (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Oniscia domingensis Sowerby p. 47 figs. pl. 10, fig. 3
1866Oniscia domingensis Guppy p. 574
1873Morum domingensis Gabb p. 223
1915Morum domingense Dall p. 85
1917Morum domingense Maury p. 112
1921Morum domingense Vaughn et al. p. 98
1922Morum domingense Pilsbry p. 363
1956Morum domingense Ramírez p. 9
1959Morum domingense Woodring p. 203
1961Morum domingense Pflug p. 37
1967Oniscia domingensis Dance and Emerson p. 96
1996Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Landau p. 54
1997Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Raymond p. 142
1998Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Vokes p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyHarpidaeBronn 1849
subfamilyMoruminaeHughs and Emerson 1987
genusMorumMörch 1852
subgenusOniscidia
speciesdomingense(Sowerby 1850)

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.

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Diagnosis
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