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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) strausi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Aaronia) strausi was named by Verrill (1950). It is extant. Its type specimen is Unknown, a shell.

It was recombined as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) strausi by Vokes (1968).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Murex (Aaronia) strausi Verrill p. 4 figs. text fig.
1968Hexaplex (Hexaplex) strausi Vokes p. 105

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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
speciesstrausi(Verrill 1950)

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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