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Murexiella (Murexiella) mantelli

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex mantelli was named by Conrad (1834). Its type specimen is ANSP 14231, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 78 - Claiborne Bluff [Gosport Sand], which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Gosport Sand Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Murex (Phyllonotus) mantelli by Palmer and Brann (1960); it was recombined as Murexiella (Murexiella) mantelli by Vokes (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Murex mantelli Conrad p. 154
1960Murex (Phyllonotus) mantelli Palmer and Brann p. 782
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) mantelli Vokes p. 107

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
subgenusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
speciesmantelli(Conrad 1834)

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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