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Aporrhais occidentalis

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Rostellaria occidentalis was named by Beck (1836). It is extant.

It was recombined as Aporrhais occidentalis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ebersini, A. haudnervatus, A. menthafontis, A. sowerbyi, A. subfusiformis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Rostellaria occidentalis Beck
1926Aporrhais mainensis Johnson
1930Aporrhais labradorensis Johnson
2008Aporrhais occidentalis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
genusAporrhaisda Costa 1778
speciesoccidentalis(Beck 1836)

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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Invalid names: Aporrhais labradorensis Johnson 1930 [synonym], Aporrhais mainensis Johnson 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available