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Heteropurpura polymorpha

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex polymorphus was named by Brocchi (1814). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Heteropurpura polymorpha by Landau et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Murex polymorphus Brocchi p. 415 figs. pl. 8, fig. 4
2007Heteropurpura polymorpha Landau et al. p. 28

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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
genusHeteropurpuraJousseaume 1880
speciespolymorpha(Brocchi 1814)

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.

Heteropurpura polymorpha Brocchi 1814
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Diagnosis
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