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Pterynotus (mustached bat)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Pterynotus was named by Swainson (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant. Its type is Murex pinnatus.

It was reranked as Murex (Pterynotus) by Dall (1890); it was misspelled as Pteronotus by Finlay (1929), Vokes (1970), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Vaught et al. (1989), Beu et al. (1990), Wilson (1994), Squires and Goedert (1995), Squires (2001), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Sepkoski (2002) and Landau et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Murex by Dall (1890); to Gastropoda by Finlay (1929); to Muricinae by Vaught et al. (1989), Beu et al. (1990), Wilson (1994) and Squires and Goedert (1995); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Vokes (1970), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Squires (2001), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001) and Landau et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pterynotus Swainson
1880Marchia Jousseaume p. 335
1885Timbellus de Gregario p. 275
1890Murex (Pterynotus) Dall p. 142
1899Pterymurex Roverto
1929Pteronotus Finlay p. 76
1970Pterynotus Vokes p. 8
1977Pterynotus Ladd p. 39
1982Pterynotus Ladd p. 42
1989Pterynotus Vaught et al.
1990Pterynotus Beu et al. p. 414
1994Pterynotus Wilson p. 34
1995Pterynotus Squires and Goedert p. 265
2001Pterynotus Squires p. 9
2001Pterynotus Todd
2001Pterynotus Wienrich p. 470
2002Marchia Sepkoski
2002Pterynotus Sepkoski
2007Pterynotus Landau et al. p. 16
2017Timbellus Darragh p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPterynotusSwainson 1833

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. Pterynotus Swainson 1833 [mustached bat]
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Subg. Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Swainson 1833
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Invalid names: Murex (Pterynotus) pygmaeus Bush 1893 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Murex (Pteronotus) tristichus Dall 1889 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Murex veatchi Palmer 1937 [replaced]
†Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus Squires and Goedert 1995
†Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi Harris and Palmer 1947
†Pterynotus swainsoni Michelotti 1841
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Invalid names: Murex affinis Michelotti 1847 [synonym]
†Pterynotus velificus Tate 1888
†Pterynotus washingtonicus Squires and Goedert 1995
Invalid names: Marchia Jousseaume 1880 [synonym], Pterymurex Roverto 1899 [synonym], Timbellus de Gregario 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available