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Chesatrophon chesapeakeanus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon chesapeakeanus was named by Martin (1904). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland. It is the type species of Chesatrophon.

It was recombined as Chesatrophon chesapeakeanus by Petuch (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Trophon chesapeakeanus Martin p. 203
1988Chesatrophon chesapeakeanus Petuch p. 23

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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
genusChesatrophon
specieschesapeakeanus()

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
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