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Crassimurex crispus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex crispus was named by Lamarck (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Hexaplex crispus by Piccoli and Savazzi (1983); it was recombined as Crassimurex crispus by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Murex crispus Lamarck p. 224 figs. Pl 5, fig 6
1983Hexaplex crispus Piccoli and Savazzi
1995Crassimurex crispus Pacaud and Le Renard p. 5

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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
genusCrassimurexMerle 1989
speciescrispus()

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.

†Crassimurex crispus Lamarck 1803
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Diagnosis
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