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Apixystus polyphyllia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon polyphyllia was named by Woods (1879) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Apixystus polyphyllia by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Trophon polyphyllia Woods figs. pl. 2, fig. 1
1888Trophon polyphyllia Tate p. 109
1970Apixystus polyphyllia Darragh p. 188

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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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusApixystusIredale 1929
speciespolyphyllia(Woods 1879)

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.

†Apixystus polyphyllia Woods 1879
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Diagnosis
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