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Diodora cayenensis

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissurella cayenensis was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fissuridea cayenensis by Maury (1922); it was recombined as Diodora cayenensis by Weisbord (1962), Perrilliat (1972), Rosenberg (2005) and Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonyms
  • Fissurella alternata was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Fissuridea alternata by Vaughn (1919); it was recombined as Diodora alternata by Mansfield (1939); it was synonymized subjectively with Diodora cayenensis by Weisbord (1962) and Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Fissurella cayenensis Lamarck p. 12
1822Fissurella alternata Say
1859Fissurella alternata Holmes p. 94
1919Fissuridea alternata Vaughn
1922Fissuridea cayenensis Maury p. 166
1939Diodora alternata Mansfield p. 25
1962Diodora cayenensis Weisbord p. 50
1972Diodora cayenensis Perrilliat p. 20
2005Diodora cayenensis Rosenberg
2009Diodora cayenensis Massemin et al. p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
tribeDiodorini(Odhner 1932)
genusDiodoraGray 1821
speciescayenensis(Lamarck 1822)

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.

Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822
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Invalid names: Fissurella alternata Say 1822 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
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