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Melongena (Pugilina) muriciformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Genotia muriciformis was named by Cossmann and Pissarro (1909) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Eocene; India.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Melongena (Pugilina) muriciformis by Vredenburg (1923).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. propatula, M. laevifusoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Genotia muriciformis Cossmann and Pissarro p. 16 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1, 2
1923Melongena (Pugilina) muriciformis Vredenburg p. 64

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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
genusMelongenaSchumacher 1817
subgenusPugilina
speciesmuriciformis(Cossmann and Pissarro 1909)

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.

†Melongena (Pugilina) muriciformis Cossmann and Pissarro 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available