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Murex (Murex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex (Murex) Linnaeus
1925Murex (Acupurpura) Vredenburg p. 218
1935Murex (Murex) Oostingh p. 64
1947Murex (Murex) Gardner p. 517
1977Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 37
1982Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 42
1987Murex (Murex) Perrilliat p. 16
1989Murex (Murex) Robba et al. p. 78
2002Acupurpura Sepkoski

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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
subgenusMurexLinnaeus 1758

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.

Subg. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus 1758
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Murex (Murex) gilli Maury 1910
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) dasus Gardner 1947 [synonym]
Murex (Murex) nicholsi Gardner 1947
Murex (Murex) toreia Maury 1925
Invalid names: Murex (Acupurpura) [synonym]
Diagnosis
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