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Lenitrophon

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Lenitrophon was named by Finlay (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trophoninae by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Lenitrophon Finlay p. 424
1992Lenitrophon Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 121
2002Lenitrophon Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusLenitrophonFinlay 1927

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.

G. Lenitrophon Finlay 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available