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Paziella graniformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Muricopsis) graniformis was named by Harris (1897). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Paziella graniformis by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Poirieria cretacea

Synonyms
  • Murex (Ocenebra) alevolatus was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was replaced with Murex (Muricopsis) graniformis by Harris (1897).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Murex (Ocenebra) alevolatus Tate p. 108 figs. pl. 3, fig. 12
1897Murex (Muricopsis) graniformis Harris
1970Paziella graniformis Darragh p. 172

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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
genusPaziellaJousseaume 1880
speciesgraniformis(Harris 1897)

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.

†Paziella graniformis Harris 1897
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Invalid names: Murex (Ocenebra) alevolatus Tate 1888 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available