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Pleurotoma turricula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Murex turricula was named by Montagu (1803). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pleurotoma turricula by Wood (1848).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. glabra, P. nasuta, P. ostrearum, P. rebeccae, P. rufa, P. tantula, P. variegata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Murex turricula Montagu pp. 262-263 figs. pl. 9, fig. 1
1815Murex turricula Brocchi p. 435 figs. pl. 9, fig. 20
1848Pleurotoma turricula Wood p. 53

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPleurotomaRöding 1798
speciesturricula()

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.

Pleurotoma turricula Montagu 1803
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available