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Trophon alta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus altus was named by Wood (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trophon altum by Wood (1848); it was recombined as Trophon alta by Snyder (2003).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Fusus altus Wood
1848Trophon altum Wood p. 46
2003Trophon alta Snyder p. 248

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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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusTrophonMontfort 1810
speciesalta(Wood 1842)

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.

†Trophon alta Wood 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available