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Lacuna (Epheria)

Gastropoda - Littorinidae

Taxonomy
Epheria was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R; Leach in Gray, 1847]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Lacuna (Epheria) by Hendy (2020).

It was assigned to Lacuninae by Gayet et al. (1993); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lacuna by Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Epheria Gray
1993Epheria Gayet et al.
2002Epheria Sepkoski
2020Lacuna (Epheria) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLittorinidaeGray 1840
subfamilyLacuninaeGray 1857
genusLacunaTurton 1827
subgenusEpheria(Gray 1847)

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. Lacuna (Epheria) Gray 1847
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Invalid names: Lacuna compacta Carpenter 1863 [synonym], Lacuna solidula Lovén 1847 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Amphithalmus lacunatus Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Littorina pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available