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Favartia lappa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex lappa was named by Broderip (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Murexiella lappa by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Favartia lappa by Hendy (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. suboblonga

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Murex lappa Broderip
1971Murexiella lappa Keen p. 519
2014Favartia lappa Hendy

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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
genusFavartiaJousseaume 1880
specieslappa(Broderip 1833)

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.

Favartia lappa Broderip 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available