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Busycon perversum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Murex perversum was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Sinistrofulgur perversum by Petuch and Roberts (2007); it was recombined as Busycon perversum by Holmes (1858), Richards (1962) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex perversum Linnaeus
1858Busycon perversum Holmes p. 65
1962Busycon perversum Richards
2007Sinistrofulgur perversum Petuch and Roberts
2008Busycon perversum Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyBusyconinaeWade 1917
genusBusyconRöding 1798
speciesperversum(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Busycon perversum Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available