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Poirieria levis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Poirieria levis was named by Traub (1979). Its type specimen is BSP 1943 II 334, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kch 8, Kroisbach, Haunsberg near St. Pankraz, which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. primigena, P. cretacea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Poirieria levis Traub p. 107 figs. Pl 15, figs 3a-b
1980Hexaplex (Paziella) robusta Traub p. 5 figs. pl. 5, fig. 5a-b
2002Poirieria levis Merle and Pacaud p. 5 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 2, figs 1,2

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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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusPoirieriaJousseaume 1880
specieslevis

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.

†Poirieria levis Traub 1979
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Invalid names: Hexaplex (Paziella) robusta Traub 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available