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Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana

Gastropoda - Bursidae

Taxonomy
Murex rana was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Bursa (Bufonaria) rana by MacNeil (1961); it was recombined as Bufonaria rana by Jensen (1996) and Okutani (2000); it was recombined as Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana by Beu (1987) and Beu (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex rana Linnaeus p. 748
1961Bursa (Bufonaria) rana MacNeil p. 70
1987Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana Beu p. 333
1996Bufonaria rana Jensen p. 23
2000Bufonaria rana Okutani p. 271
2005Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana Beu p. 15

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyBursidaeThiele 1925
genusBufonariaSchumacher 1817
subgenusBufonariaSchumacher 1817
speciesrana(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.

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Diagnosis
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