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Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis)

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis) Olsson pp. 136 - 137
1916Heterocerithiopsis Olsson pp. 136 - 137
2002Heterocerithiopsis Sepkoski

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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)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyCerithiopsidaeAdams and Adams 1853
genusCerithiopsisHanley 1849
subgenusHeterocerithiopsis()

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Olsson 1916Protoconch of — whorls ; the last nuclear whorl is strongly angulated in the middle, with a resulting sharp periphery ; above the periphery with numerous, curved, smooth riblets, be low, with two sets of riblets, which pass obliquely and intersect each other at nearly right angles, thereby producing rows of squarish pits ; change to the post-nuclear whorls abrupt.