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Poirieria (Paziella) oregonia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Poirieria) oregonia was named by Bullis (1964). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 635149, a shell.

It was recombined as Poirieria (Paziella) oregonia by Vokes (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. primigena, P. cretacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Murex (Poirieria) oregonia Bullis p. 106 figs. figs. 5, 6
1970Poirieria (Paziella) oregonia Vokes p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusPoirieriaJousseaume 1880
subgenusPaziella(Jousseaume 1880)
speciesoregonia(Bullis 1964)

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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available