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Alectrion merenda

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Alectrion merenda was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Old Man Sam Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. brassiensis, A. coronatus, A. harisi, A. praetrivittata, A. priraboca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Alectrion merenda Olsson p. 124 figs. pl. 9, figs. 19

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusAlectrionDuméril 1806
speciesmerenda

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.

†Alectrion merenda Olsson 1922
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Diagnosis
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