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Circulus

Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae

Taxonomy
Circulus was named by Jeffreys (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is extant. Its type is Circulus duminyi.

It was reranked as Vitrinella (Circulus) by Maury (1917).

It was assigned to Vitrinella by Maury (1917); to Cyclostrematidae by Harris and Palmer (1947) and Gardner (1948); to Adeorbinae by Marquet (1997); to Adeorbiidae by Lozouet (1998); to Vitrinellidae by Gardner (1947), Todd (2001) and Wienrich (2001); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Circulus Jeffreys
1917Vitrinella (Circulus) Maury p. 320
1947Circulus Gardner p. 598
1947Circulus Harris and Palmer p. 231
1948Circulus Gardner p. 189
1997Circulus Marquet p. 17
1998Circulus Lozouet p. 86
2001Circulus Todd
2001Circulus Wienrich p. 399
2002Circulus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyVitrinellidaeBush 1897
genusCirculusJeffreys 1842

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. Circulus Jeffreys 1842
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Circulus duminyi Requiem 1842
Circulus enaulus Lozouet 1998
Circulus estotensis Lozouet 1998
Circulus hennei Glibert 1952
Circulus liratus Verrill 1882
Circulus occidentalis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Circulus ottonius Harris and Palmer 1947
Circulus paulensis Lozouet 1998
Circulus rakhiensis Eames 1952
Circulus striatus Philippi 1836
Circulus supranitidus Wood 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available