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Torvamurex lophaessus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Chicoreus) lophaessus was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Torvamurex lophaessus by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Murex (Chicoreus) lophaessus Tate p. 98 figs. pl. 2, fig. 5
2006Torvamurex lophaessus Rosenberg et al. p. 179

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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
genusTorvamurexMonfort 1810
specieslophaessus(Tate 1888)

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.

Torvamurex lophaessus Tate 1888
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Diagnosis
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