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Turbo (Lunella)

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Lunella was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turbo (Lunella) by Hendy (2007) and Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Turbinidae by Short and Potter (1987); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turbo by Hendy (2007) and Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Lunella Short and Potter p. 14
2002Lunella Sepkoski
2007Turbo (Lunella) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurboLinnaeus 1758
subgenusLunella

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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Lunella cinerea Born 1778
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Invalid names: Turbo mespilus Gmelin 1791 [synonym], Turbo porcatus Reeve 1848 [synonym], Turbo porphyrites Gmelin 1791 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available