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Dermomurex (Dermomurex) pauperculus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex pauperculus was named by Adams (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Florida, Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Aspella paupercula by Morris (1973); it was recombined as Dermomurex (Dermomurex) pauperculus by Vokes (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Murex pauperculus Adams p. 60
1973Aspella paupercula Morris p. 194
1975Dermomurex (Dermomurex) pauperculus Vokes p. 138

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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
genusDermomurexMonterosato 1890
subgenusDermomurexMonterosato 1890
speciespauperculus(Adams 1850)

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.

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Diagnosis
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