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Turbinella brasilianus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Taxonomy
Xancus brasilianus was named by Maury (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Turbinella brasilianus by Petuch (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Xancus brasilianus Maury
1988Turbinella brasilianus Petuch p. 101

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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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyTurbinellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyTurbinellinaeSwainson 1840
genusTurbinellaLamarck 1799
speciesbrasilianus()

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.

†Turbinella brasilianus Maury 1934
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Diagnosis
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