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Murexsul hexagonus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex hexagonus was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Muricopsis hexagonus by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Murexsul hexagonus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Murex hexagonus Lamarck
1953Muricopsis hexagonus Olsson and Harbison
2008Murexsul hexagonus Hendy et al.

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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
genusMurexsulIredale 1915
specieshexagonus(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Murexsul hexagonus Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
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