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Bolinus brandaris

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex brandaris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Murex (Bolinus).

It was recombined as Bolinus brandaris by Landau et al. (2007).

Subspecies
B. torularius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex brandaris Linnaeus
2007Bolinus brandaris Landau et al. p. 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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusBolinus(Pusch 1837)
speciesbrandaris(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Bolinus brandaris Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available