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Calotrophon ascensus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Calotrophon ascensus was named by Vokes (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 240679, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Calotrophon ascensus Vokes p. 110 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1, 2

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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
genusCalotrophonHertlein and Strong 1951
speciesascensus

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.

†Calotrophon ascensus Vokes 1976
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Diagnosis
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