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Cassis (Hypocassis)

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Hypocassis was named by Iredale (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cassis (Hypocassis) by Vaught et al. (1989).

It was assigned to Cassis by Vaught et al. (1989); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Hypocassis Iredale p. 322
1989Cassis (Hypocassis) Vaught et al.
2002Hypocassis Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCassisScopoli 1777
subgenusHypocassis(Iredale 1927)

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. Cassis (Hypocassis) Iredale 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available