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Muricopsis whitneyi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Tritonium whitneyi was named by Gabb (1864).

It was recombined as Nyctilochus whitneyi by Dickerson (1916); it was recombined as Latirus whitneyi by Anderson and Hanna (1925); it was recombined as Murex whitneyi by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Muricopsis whitneyi by Vokes (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Tritonium whitneyi Gabb p. 96 figs. PL 28, Fig. 210, and 210 a
1916Nyctilochus whitneyi Dickerson p. 496
1925Murex beali Anderson and Hanna p. 50 figs. Plate 13, figure 16
1925Latirus whitneyi Anderson and Hanna p. 65
1927Murex whitneyi Stewart p. 387 figs. Plate XXX, fig. 10
1939Muricopsis whitneyi Vokes p. 144 figs. PLATE19, Figures 7, 12

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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
genusMuricopsisBucquoy et al. 1882
specieswhitneyi()

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.

Muricopsis whitneyi Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Murex beali Anderson and Hanna 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available