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Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex textilis was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Pleistocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 3257, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex (Pteronotus) textilis by Dall (1890); it was recombined as Murex (Pteropurpura) textilis by Dall (1892); it was recombined as Murex (Subpterynotus) textilis by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Pterynotus (Pterynotus) textilis by Vokes (1964); it was recombined as Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis by Vokes (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Murex textilis Gabb p. 202
1890Murex (Pteronotus) textilis Dall p. 142
1892Murex (Pteropurpura) textilis Dall p. 243
1953Murex (Subpterynotus) textilis Olsson and Harbison p. 247
1964Pterynotus (Pterynotus) textilis Vokes p. 14
1968Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis Vokes p. 120

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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
subgenusSubpterynotusOlsson and Harbison 1953
speciestextilis(Gabb 1873)

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