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Murihikua tuhawaiki

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Taxonomy
Murihikua tuhawaiki was named by Begg and Grant-Mackie (2003). Its type specimen is OU 16439 and is a mold. Its type locality is JGB 1367, Beaumont Station Quarry (D45/f7906), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Murihikua.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Murihikua tuhawaiki Begg and Grant-Mackie p. 246 fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyPleurotomarioidea(Swainson 1840)
familyPleurotomariidaeSwainson 1840
genusMurihikua
speciestuhawaiki

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.

†Murihikua tuhawaiki Begg and Grant-Mackie 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available