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Calcitrapessa leeana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Chicoreus) leeanus was named by Dall (1890). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chicoreus leeanus by Stearns (1893); it was recombined as Purpura (Centrifuga) leeana by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Centrifuga leeana by Strong et al. (1933); it was recombined as Pterynotus (Calcitrapessa) leeanus by Emerson (1960); it was recombined as Calcitrapessa leeana by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Murex (Chicoreus) leeanus Dall p. 329 figs. pl. 7, fig. 1
1893Chicoreus leeanus Stearns p. 346
1931Purpura (Centrifuga) leeana Grant, IV and Gale p. 707
1933Centrifuga leeana Strong et al. p. 120 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 11
1960Pterynotus (Calcitrapessa) leeanus Emerson p. 9
2021Calcitrapessa leeana 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
genusCalcitrapessaSwainson 1833
speciesleeana(Dall 1890)

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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Diagnosis
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