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Murexiella (Murexiella) levicula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Ocinebra (Favartia) cellulosa levicula was named by Dall (1889) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Lectotype used.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 93271, a shell.

It was recombined as Murexiella (Murexiella) levicula by Vokes (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Ocinebra (Favartia) cellulosa levicula Dall p. 211 figs. pl. 16, fig. 1
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) levicula Vokes p. 119

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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
specieslevicula(Dall 1889)

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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