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Herminespina saskiae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Herminespina saskiae was named by DeVries and Vermeij (1997) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene.]. Its type specimen is USNM 447150, a partial shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Herminespina saskiae DeVries and Vermeij p. 612 figs. figs. 2.9-2.12

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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
genusHerminespina
speciessaskiae

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.

†Herminespina saskiae DeVries and Vermeij 1997
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Diagnosis
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