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Trophon calamitus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex calamitus was named by Hanna (1924).

It was recombined as Trophon calamitus by Effinger (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. umzambiensis, T. tropica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Murex vaughani Dickerson p. 174 figs. PI. 30, Figs. 3a and 3b
1924Murex calamitus Hanna p. 172
1938Trophon calamitus Effinger pp. 382 - 383 figs. Plate 47, figure 32

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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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusTrophonMontfort 1810
speciescalamitus()

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.

†Trophon calamitus Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Murex vaughani Dickerson 1917 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available