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Kestocenebra curvicosta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex curvicosta was named by Grateloup (1840). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Kestocenebra.

It was recombined as Kestocenebra curvicosta by Vermeij (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Murex curvicosta Grateloup
1998Kestocenebra curvicosta Vermeij pp. 860 - 861 figs. 2.1-2.3

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusKestocenebraVermeij 1998
speciescurvicosta(Grateloup 1840)

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.

Kestocenebra curvicosta Grateloup 1840
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Diagnosis
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