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Rapana vaughani

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Rapana vaughani was named by Mansfield (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. thomsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Rapana vaughani Mansfield
1940Rapana vaughani Mansfield p. 213
1943Rapana vaughani Richards p. 524

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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
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusRapanaSchumacher 1817
speciesvaughaniMansfield 1937

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.

†Rapana vaughani Mansfield 1937
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