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Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex scalaroides was named by Blainville (1826) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Caribbean and Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Aspella scalarioides by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides by Landau et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Murex scalaroides Blainville p. 131 figs. pl. 5, figs. 5, 6
1917Aspella scalarioides Maury p. 104
2007Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides Landau et al. p. 22

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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
genusDermomurexMonterosato 1890
subgenusDermomurexMonterosato 1890
speciesscalaroides(Blainville 1826)

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
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