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Trophon (Sipho) tortuosus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus tortuosus was named by Reeve (1855). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trophon (Sipho) tortuosus by Wood (1879).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Sipho feneslratus, T. umzambiensis, T. tropica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Fusus tortuosus Reeve
1879Trophon (Sipho) tortuosus Wood p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusTrophonMontfort 1810
subgenusSipho
speciestortuosus(Reeve 1855)

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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