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Urosalpinx curtansata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Vitularia curtansata was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Urosalpinx curtansata by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
U. merriami, U. tribaka, U. xustris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Vitularia curtansata Tate p. 114 figs. pl. 6, fig. 4
1970Urosalpinx curtansata Darragh p. 165

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusUrosalpinxStimpson 1865
speciescurtansata()

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.

†Urosalpinx curtansata Tate 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available