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Opalia (Crassiscala)

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Crassiscala was named by de Boury (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Plio].

It was reranked as Opalia (Crassiscala) by Allison (1955) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Opalia by Allison (1955) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Crassiscala de Boury
1955Opalia (Crassiscala) Allison p. 422
1995Opalia (Crassiscala) Pacaud and Le Renard
2002Crassiscala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusOpaliaAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusCrassiscala(de Boury 1887)

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. †Opalia (Crassiscala) de Boury 1887
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†Crassiscala subterranea Wrigley 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available