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Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon dominicensis was named by Gabb (1873) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Lectotype.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 3252, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex dominicensis by Dall (1896); it was recombined as Paziella (Dallimurex) dominicensis by Woodring (1959); it was recombined as Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis by Vokes (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. primigena, P. cretacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Trophon dominicensis Gabb p. 202
1896Murex dominicensis Dall p. 313
1959Paziella (Dallimurex) dominicensis Woodring p. 217
1970Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis Vokes p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusPoirieriaJousseaume 1880
subgenusPaziella(Jousseaume 1880)
speciesdominicensis(Gabb 1873)

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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