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Thais (Stramonita) exilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex exilis was named by Parsch in Hörnes (1856) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; central Paratethys.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Thais (Stramonita) exilis by Baluk (1995) and Harzhauser (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Purpura nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Murex exilis Parsch in Hörnes
1995Thais (Stramonita) exilis Baluk p. 222 figs. pl. 27, figs. 1-4
2002Thais (Stramonita) exilis Harzhauser p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusThaisSchumacher 1817
subgenusStramonita
speciesexilis(Parsch in Hörnes 1856)

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.

†Thais (Stramonita) exilis Parsch in Hörnes 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available