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Purpura mancinella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex mancinella was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Purpura mancinella by Martin (1879).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex mancinella Linnaeus
1879Purpura mancinella Martin p. 42

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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
genusPurpuraBruguière 1789
speciesmancinella(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Purpura mancinella Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available