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Typhis (Typhis) tubifer

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura tubifer was named by Bruguière (1792). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Typhis, Typhis (Typhis).

It was recombined as Typhis (Typhis) tubifer by Gertman (1969) and Vokes (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. hebetatus, T. japonicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Purpura tubifer Bruguière
1969Typhis (Typhis) tubifer Gertman p. 147
1989Typhis (Typhis) tubifer Vokes p. 117

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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
genusTyphisMontfort 1810
subgenusTyphisMontfort 1810
speciestubifer(Bruguière 1792)

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.

†Typhis (Typhis) tubifer Bruguière 1792
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available