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Muregina lugubris

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex lugubris was named by Broderip (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; eastern Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Muregina.

It was recombined as Ceratostoma lugubre by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Ocenebra lugubris by Vokes (1971); it was recombined as Muregina lugubris by Vermeij (1998), DeVries (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Murex lugubris Broderip p. 279
1971Ceratostoma lugubre Keen p. 533
1971Ocenebra lugubris Vokes p. 67
1998Muregina lugubris Vermeij pp. 858 - 860 figs. 1.1-1.12
2005Muregina lugubris DeVries p. 279

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusMuregina
specieslugubris(Broderip 1833)

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.

Muregina lugubris Broderip 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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