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Typhis acuticosta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex acuticosta was named by Conrad (1830). Its type specimen is ANSP 13615, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Typhis (Talityphis) acuticosta by Gertman (1969); it was recombined as Typhis acuticosta by Martin (1904) and Ward (1998).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Murex acuticosta Conrad p. 211 figs. Plate IX, Fig. 1
1904Typhis acuticosta Martin p. 204
1969Typhis (Talityphis) acuticosta Gertman p. 163
1998Typhis acuticosta Ward p. 73

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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
speciesacuticosta(Conrad 1830)

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 acuticosta Conrad 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available