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Dichostasia

Gastropoda - Liotiidae

Taxonomy
Dichostasia was named by Yochelson (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: P Asse P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. Its type is Dichostasia complex. It is the type genus of Dichostasiinae.

It was assigned to Craspedostomatidae by Knight et al. (1960); to Architaenoglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dichostasiinae by Yochelson (1956) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Dichostasia Yochelson
1960Dichostasia Knight et al. p. 300
2002Dichostasia Sepkoski
2005Dichostasia Bouchet et al. pp. 65, 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLiotiidaeGray 1850
subfamilyDichostasiinaeYochelson 1956
genusDichostasia

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. †Dichostasia Yochelson 1956
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Dichostasia complex Yochelson 1956
Dichostasia kampara Batten 1979
Dichostasia simplex Yochelson 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available