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Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura crenulata was named by Röding (1798) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Purpura crenulata Röding p. 144
1995Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus Pacaud and Le Renard

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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
genusPterynotusSwainson 1833
subgenusPterynotusSwainson 1833
speciescrenulatus(Röding 1798)

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
No diagnoses are available