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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) etheringtoni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) etheringtoni was named by Vokes (1968). Its type specimen is UCMP 33837, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Punta Pua [Tubará Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. eoa, H. praeduplex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Hexaplex (Hexaplex) etheringtoni Vokes p. 102 figs. pl. 4, fig. 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
genusHexaplexPerry 1811
subgenusHexaplexPerry 1810
speciesetheringtoni

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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