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Pedicularia (Pedicularia) sicula

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Pedicularia sicula was named by Swainson (1840). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pedicularia (Pedicularia) sicula by Schilder (1941).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pedicularia sicula Swainson
1844Thyreus paradoxus Philippi
1941Pedicularia (Pedicularia) sicula Schilder p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPseudocypraeinaeSteadman and Cotton 1943
tribePediculariiniGray 1853
genusPediculariaSwainson 1840
subgenusPediculariaSwainson 1840
speciessicula(Swainson 1840)

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.

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Invalid names: Pedicularia paradoxus Philippi 1844 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available