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Meiersia calcar

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Cirrus calcar was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Asperilla calcar by Meier and Meiers (1988); it was recombined as Meiersia calcar by Monari et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cirrus calcar d'Orbigny
1988Asperilla calcar Meier and Meiers p. 35 figs. Pl 8, figs 18a-c
2011Meiersia calcar Monari et al. p. 374

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAngariinaeGray 1857
genusMeiersia
speciescalcar(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

Meiersia calcar d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available