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Urosalpinx subangulata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Muricidea subangulata was named by Stearns (1873). It is extant.

It was recombined as Murex (Ocinebra) subangulatus by Tryon (1880); it was recombined as Tritonalia subangulata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Ocinebra subangulata by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Ocenebra subangulata by Kern (1973); it was recombined as Urosalpinx subangulata by Hendy (2021).

Subspecies

Tritonalia subangulata waldorfensis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

U. aspinosus, U. cinera, U. denticulatus, U. hillsboroensis, U. inornata, U. merriami, U. ortmanni, U. phrikina, U. phrikna, U. pyruloides, U. rucksorum, U. sismondai, U. stimpsoni, U. subsidus, U. suffolkensis, U. tribaka, U. trossula, U. trossulus, U. xustris

Synonyms

Pteropurpura waldorfensis was named by Arnold (1907). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ocenebra subangulata waldorfensis by Kern (1973); it was synonymized subjectively with Urosalpinx subangulata by Hendy (2020).
Ocinebra michaeli was named by Ford (1888). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tritonalia subangulata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Urosalpinx subangulata by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Muricidea subangulata Stearns
1880	Murex (Ocinebra) subangulatus Tryon p. 125 figs. Pl. 38, Fig. 466
1888	Ocinebra michaeli Ford p. 188 figs. fig. 1
1903	Ocinebra micheli Arnold p. 259
1907	Pteropurpura waldorfensis Arnold
1931	Tritonalia subangulata Grant, IV and Gale p. 713
1958	Ocinebra subangulata Valentine
1973	Ocenebra subangulata Kern
1973	Ocenebra subangulata waldorfensis Kern
2021	Urosalpinx subangulata Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Ocenebrinae	Cossmann 1903
genus	Urosalpinx	Stimpson 1865
species	subangulata	(Stearns 1873)

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.

Urosalpinx subangulata Stearns 1873

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†Tritonalia subangulata waldorfensis Arnold 1908

Invalid names: Ocinebra michaeli Ford 1888 [synonym], Pteropurpura waldorfensis Arnold 1907 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available