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Corsania

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Corsania was named by Vidal (1917) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti T Than].

It was assigned to Neritidae by Cushing Woods and Saul (1986) and Squires (1999); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Neritinae by Saul and Squires (1997) and Squires and Saul (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Corsania Vidal
1986Corsania Cushing Woods and Saul p. 640
1997Corsania Saul and Squires p. 139
1999Corsania Squires p. 15
2002Corsania Sepkoski
2002Corsania Squires and Saul p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNeritinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCorsaniaVidal 1917

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. †Corsania Vidal 1917
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Subg. †Corsania (Corsania) Saul and Squires 1997
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Corsania (Corsania) allisoni Saul and Squires 1997
Subg. †Corsania (Januncia) Cushing Woods and Saul 1986
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Corsania (Januncia) janus Cushing Woods and Saul 1986
Corsania (Januncia) oraria Saul and Squires 1997
Corsania (Januncia) rhoga Saul and Squires 1997
Corsania (Januncia) susana Saul and Squires 1997
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. J. Cushing Woods and L. R. Saul 1986Subglobose, with low spire, high wide shoulder, and rapidly enlarging whorls; ornament of very strong to moderate spiral ridges with vaulted rasp-like tubercles crossed by collabral ridges on the adapical third of the whorl and in some species on the abapical third of the whorl; inner lip convexly rounded by callus, bearing denticulations on its slightly convex edge; outer lip prosocline, thickened internally with a beveled edge but without denticulations.