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Colpospira (Platycolpus)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Colpospira (Platycolpus) was named by Donald (1900). It is extant.

It was reranked as Platycolpus by Cotton and Godfrey (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Torcula by Thiele (1931) and Wenz (1939).

It was assigned to Turritellidae by Cotton and Godfrey (1931); and to Colpospira by Donald (1900) and Allmon (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Colpospira (Platycolpus) Donald
1931Platycolpus Cotton and Godfrey
1996Colpospira (Platycolpus) Allmon p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusColpospira(Donald 1900)
subgenusPlatycolpusDonald 1900

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.

Subg. Colpospira (Platycolpus) Donald 1900
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Platycolpus depressus Rasetti 1944
Platycolpus marcoui Clark 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available