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Megasurcula keepi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) keepi was named by Arnold (1907). Its type specimen is USNM 164993, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudotoma keepi by Stewart (1946); it was recombined as Megasurcula keepi by Addicott (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) keepi Arnold p. 529 figs. Plate XLVI, fig. 5
1946Pseudotoma keepi Stewart p. 100
1970Megasurcula keepi Addicott p. 133 figs. Plnte 18, figurt's 15, 16, 20

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusMegasurculaCasey 1904
specieskeepi()

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.

†Megasurcula keepi Arnold 1907
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Diagnosis
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