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Typhis (Neotyphis) tapunagai

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Typhis tapunagai was named by Fleming (1943). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Typhis (Neotyphis).

It was recombined as Typhis (Neotyphis) tapunagai by Vella (1961).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Typhis tapunagai Fleming
1961Typhis (Neotyphis) tapunagai Vella

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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
genusTyphisJousseaume 1880
subgenusNeotyphis(Cossmann 1903)
speciestapunagai(Fleming 1943)

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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