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Pteropurpura festiva

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex festivus was named by Hinds (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Murex (Pteronotus) festivus by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Murex (Pterynotus) festivus by Pressler (1929); it was recombined as Purpura festiva by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Jaton festiva by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Jaton festivus by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Shaskyus festivus by Durham and Addicott (1965); it was recombined as Pteropurpura festivus by Valentine (1980); it was recombined as Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) festiva by Skoglund (2002); it was recombined as Pteropurpura festiva by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Murex festivus Hinds p. 127
1903Murex (Pteronotus) festivus Arnold p. 244
1929Murex (Pterynotus) festivus Pressler p. 338
1941Purpura festiva DeLong p. 241
1957Jaton festiva Valentine p. 298
1959Jaton festivus Kanakoff and Emerson
1965Shaskyus festivus Durham and Addicott pp. table 1
1980Pteropurpura festivus Valentine p. 1312
2002Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) festiva Skoglund p. 115
2021Pteropurpura festiva 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
genusPteropurpuraJosseaume 1880
speciesfestiva(Hinds 1844)

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