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Poirieria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Poirieria was named by Jousseaume (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. Its type is Murex zelandicus.

It was reranked as Murex (Poirieria) by Clench and Pérez Farfante (1945).

It was assigned to Murex by Clench and Pérez Farfante (1945); to Typhinae by Vokes (1970); to Muricidae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricinae by Merle and Pacaud (2002) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Poirieria Jousseaume p. 335
1945Murex (Poirieria) Clench and Pérez Farfante p. 44
1970Poirieria Vokes p. 17
2001Poirieria Todd
2002Poirieria Merle and Pacaud p. 22
2002Poirieria Sepkoski
2010Poirieria Landau and Marques da Silva p. 64

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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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusPoirieriaJousseaume 1880

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.

G. Poirieria Jousseaume 1880
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Subg. Poirieria (Paziella) Jousseaume 1880
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†Paziella eyrei Tenison Woods 1877
†Paziella graniformis Harris 1897
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Invalid names: Murex (Ocenebra) alevolatus Tate 1888 [replaced]
†Paziella legrandi Johnston 1880
†Paziella subcoronata d'Orbigny 1850
†Paziella trochispira Tate 1888
Poirieria (Paziella) atlantis Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945
Invalid names: Murex (Bathymurex) Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 [synonym], Paziella (Dallimurex) Rehder 1946 [synonym]
Subg. Poirieria (Poirieria) Jousseaume 1880
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†Poirieria albionis Wrigley 1934
†Poirieria calcitrapa Lamarck 1803
†Poirieria levis Traub 1979
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Invalid names: Hexaplex (Paziella) robusta Traub 1980 [synonym]
†Poirieria subcristata d'Orbigny 1850
Poirieria zelandicus Quoy and Gaimard 1834
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available