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Pterynotus (Pterochelus) ariomus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Pterynotus) ariomus was named by Clench and Pérez Farfante (1945). It is extant. Its type specimen is MCZ 164734, a shell.

It was recombined as Pterynotus (Pterochelus) ariomus by Vokes (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Murex (Pterynotus) ariomus Clench and Pérez Farfante p. 39
1970Pterynotus (Pterochelus) ariomus Vokes p. 15

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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
genusPterynotusJousseaume 1880
subgenusPterochelus
speciesariomus(Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945)

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.

Pterynotus (Pterochelus) ariomus Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945
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Diagnosis
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