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Pygmaepterys drezi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Pygmaepterys drezi was named by Vokes and D'Attilio (1980). Its type specimen is USNM 294289, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 546 - Tenmile Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pygmaepterys drezi Vokes and D'Attilio pp. 48-49 figs. pl. 1, fig. 5

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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
genusPygmaepterysVokes 1978
speciesdrezi

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.

Pygmaepterys drezi Vokes and D'Attilio 1980
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Diagnosis
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