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Xymenopsis hero

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Xymenopsis hero was named by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Chile.]. Its type specimen is SGO.PI.4210, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Xymenopsis hero Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 59 figs. pl. 2, figs. 13-16

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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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusXymenopsisPowell 1951
specieshero

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.

†Xymenopsis hero Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995
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Diagnosis
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