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Triton heptagonum

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Murex heptagonus was named by Brocchi (1815). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Triton heptagonum by Wood (1848).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Murex heptagonus Brocchi p. 404 figs. pl. 9, fig. 2a-b
1848Triton heptagonum Wood p. 39

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusTritonGistel 1848
speciesheptagonum(Brocchi 1815)

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.

Triton heptagonum Brocchi 1815
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Diagnosis
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