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Seila adamsii

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy
Cerithium adamsii was named by Lea (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Seila adamsi by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Cerithiopsis adamsii by Miller (1990); it was recombined as Seila adamsii by Martin (1904), Weisbord (1962), Hoerle (1972), Ward (1998) and Rosenberg (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cerithium adamsii Lea
1904Seila adamsii Martin p. 228
1962Seila adamsi Richards
1962Seila adamsii Weisbord p. 190
1972Seila adamsii Hoerle p. 14
1990Cerithiopsis adamsii Miller
1998Seila adamsii Ward p. 72
2009Seila adamsii Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyCerithiopsidaeAdams and Adams 1853
genusSeilaAdams 1861
speciesadamsii(Lea 1845)

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.

Seila adamsii Lea 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available