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Varicosipho styliformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Fusus styliformis was named by Tenison-Woods (1879) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sipho styliformis by Tate (1888); it was recombined as Varicosipho styliformis by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Fusus styliformis Tenison-Woods p. 12 figs. pl. 3, fig. 6
1888Sipho styliformis Tate p. 145
1970Varicosipho styliformis Darragh p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVaricosipho
speciesstyliformis(Tenison-Woods 1879)

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.

†Varicosipho styliformis Tenison-Woods 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available