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Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex shilohensis was named by Heilprin (1887).

It was recombined as Muricidea shilohensis by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis by Vokes (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Murex shilohensis Heilprin
1904Muricidea shilohensis Martin p. 202
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis Vokes p. 110

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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
speciesshilohensis(Heilprin 1887)

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
No diagnoses are available