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Crassilabrum crassilabrum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura crassilabrum was named by Sowerby (1834) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Peru.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Crassilabrum.

It was recombined as Murex crassilabris by Potiez and Michaud (1838); it was recombined as Tritonalia crassilabrum by Dall (1909); it was recombined as Crassilabrum crassilabrum by DeVries (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Purpura crassilabrum Sowerby pp. 283-283 figs. fig. 14
1838Murex crassilabris Potiez and Michaud p. 414
1909Tritonalia crassilabrum Dall p. 219
2005Crassilabrum crassilabrum DeVries p. 283

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusCrassilabrumJousseaume 1880
speciescrassilabrum(Sowerby 1834)

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.

†Crassilabrum crassilabrum Sowerby 1834
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Diagnosis
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