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Murex minutus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex minutus was named by Johnston (1879) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Murex (Ocenebra) minutus by Tate (1888).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Murex minutus Johnston p. 32
1888Murex (Ocenebra) minutus Tate p. 107
1970Murex minutus Darragh p. 181

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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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusMurexLinnaeus 1758
speciesminutusJohnston 1879

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.

†Murex minutus Johnston 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available