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Pterotyphis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Pterotyphis was named by Jousseaume (1880). It is extant. Its type is Typhis pinnatus.

It was assigned to Typhinae by Gertman (1969); to Muricidae by Jousseaume (1880), Jousseaume (1881), Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Perotyphis Jousseaume
1880Pterotyphis Jousseaume p. 336
1881Pterotyphis Jousseaume p. 367
1882Trigonotyphis Jousseaume p. 339
1969Pterotyphis Gertman p. 182
2001Pterotyphis Todd
2002Perotyphis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPterotyphisJousseaume 1880

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.

G. Pterotyphis Jousseaume 1880
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Subg. Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) Ponder 1972
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Subg. Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) Pilsbry 1931
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Invalid names: Pterynotus (Nothotyphis) Fleming 1962 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trigonotyphis Jousseaume 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available