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Murexiella santarosana (Santa Rosa murex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Phyllonotus) santarosana was named by Dall (1905). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 130628, a shell.

It was recombined as Purpura (Jaton) santarosana by Willett (1937); it was recombined as Murex santarosanus by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Maxwellia santarosana by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Murexiella santarosana by Skoglund (2002), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. vaughani, M. macgintyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Murex (Phyllonotus) santarosana Dall p. 14
1937Purpura (Jaton) santarosana Willett p. 397
1958Murex santarosanus Valentine
1959Maxwellia santarosana Kanakoff and Emerson p. 28
2002Murexiella santarosana Skoglund p. 105
2021Murexiella santarosana Hendy

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
speciessantarosana(Dall 1905)

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.

Murexiella santarosana Dall 1905 [Santa Rosa murex]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available