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Cirsonella

Gastropoda - Skeneidae

Taxonomy
Cirsonella was named by Angas (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 681]. It is extant. Its type is Cirsonella australis.

It was assigned to Skeneadae by Beu et al. (1990) and Lozouet (1998); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. australis (type species), C. funata, C. maoria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Cirsonella Angas
1990Cirsonella Beu et al. p. 403
1998Cirsonella Lozouet p. 70
2002Cirsonella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySkeneidae(Clark 1851)
genusCirsonellaAngas 1877

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. Cirsonella Angas 1877
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Cirsonella funata Lozouet 1998
Cirsonella maoria Powell 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available