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Muricanthus nigritus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex nigritus was named by Philippi (1845). It is extant.

It was recombined as Muricanthus nigritus by Keen (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Murex nigritus Philippi
1971Muricanthus nigritus Keen p. 523

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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
genusMuricanthusSwainson 1840
speciesnigritus(Philippi 1845)

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.

Muricanthus nigritus Philippi 1845
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Diagnosis
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