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Murex pachystirus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Rhinocantha) pachystirus was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Murex pachystirus by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Murex (Rhinocantha) pachystirus Tate pp. 102-103 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2
1970Murex pachystirus Darragh p. 185

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusMurexLinnaeus 1758
speciespachystirus()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available