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Murex (Alipurpura) coosensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Alipurpura) coosensis was named by Turner (1938). Its type specimen is UC 33179, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Murex (Alipurpura) coosensis Turner p. 80 figs. Plate 15, Fig. 25

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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
genusMurexJousseaume 1880
subgenusAlipurpura
speciescoosensis

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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