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Megasurcula howei

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Megasurcula howei was named by Hanna and Hertlein (1938). Its type specimen is CAS 7082 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Megasurcula howei Hanna and Hertlein p. 107 figs. pl. 21, figs. 10, 12, 13
1970Megasurcula howei Addicott p. 132 figs. Plate 18, figures 17, 21-23

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusMegasurculaCasey 1904
specieshoweiHanna and Hertlein 1938

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.

†Megasurcula howei Hanna and Hertlein 1938
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Diagnosis
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