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Caelobassus radwini

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Caelobassus radwini was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 441711, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 2, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone/claystone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Caelobassus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Caelobassus radwini Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 115 figs. pl. 15, figs. s-w

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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
genusCaelobassus
speciesradwini

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.

†Caelobassus radwini Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
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