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>Neotaenioglossa as an order, removing a great number of families from Neogastropoda. Can someone
> tell me if this is a new or old Order subdidision and which families this subdivision affects?
The ICZN only regulates names up to superfamily level, so you can do whatever you want with orders.
According to Ponder and Waren, 1988 (Malacol. Rev. Supp. 4, p. 288-326), Neotaenioglossa was proposed by Haller in 1882. It's basically equivalent to Mesogastropoda without the architaenioglossans (ampullaroideans, cyclophoroideans). Both Neotaenioglossa and Mesogastropoda are grades rather than clades and so may be rejected or substantially modified (e.g., by including the entire Neogastropoda) by the cladistically inclined taxonomists.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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