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Vasum capitellum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

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

It was recombined as Vasum capitellum by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex capitellum Linnaeus p. 750
2008Vasum capitellum 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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyTurbinellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyVasinaeAdams and A 1853
genusVasumRöding 1798
speciescapitellum(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.

Vasum capitellum Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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