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Scissurella

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Scissurellidae

Taxonomy
Scissurella was named by d'Orbigny (1824) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1008]. It is extant. Its type is Scissurella costata.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Scissurellinae by Squires and Goedert (1996), Lozouet et al. (2001) and Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Scissurellidae by Ladd (1966), Ladd (1972), Ladd (1982), Wilson (1993), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Geiger (2006) and Schnetler et al. (2024).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Scissurella d'Orbigny
1966Scissurella Ladd p. 26
1972Scissurella Ladd p. 13
1982Scissurella Ladd p. 20
1993Scissurella Wilson p. 45
1995Scissurella Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
1996Scissurella Squires and Goedert p. 228
2001Scissurella Lozouet et al. p. 17
2002Scissurella Sepkoski
2005Scissurella Bouchet et al. p. 155
2006Scissurella Geiger p. 12
2024Scissurella Schnetler et al. p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyScissurelloidea(Gray 1847)
familyScissurellidaeGray 1847
genusScissurellad'Orbigny 1824

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. Scissurella d'Orbigny 1824
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Scissurella aliceae Schnetler et al. 2001
Scissurella costata d'Orbigny 1824
Scissurella koeneniana Janssen 1978
Scissurella lamellosa Benoist 1875
Scissurella mirifica Adams 1862
Scissurella timora Melvill and Standen 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available