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Thais (Cymia) carinifera

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura carinifera was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thais (Cymia) carinifera by Oostingh (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cymia buchivacoana, Purpura nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Purpura carinifera Lamarck p. 241
1935Thais (Cymia) carinifera Oostingh p. 65

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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
genusThaisMörch 1860
subgenusCymia
speciescarinifera(Lamarck 1822)

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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