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Urosalpinx coombsi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Urosalpinx coombsi was named by Durham (1944). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mats-Mats Bay, which is in a Priabonian marine conglomerate/sandstone in the Quimper Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
U. merriami, U. tribaka, U. xustris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Urosalpinx coombsi Durham p. 169

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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
genusUrosalpinxStimpson 1865
speciescoombsi

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.

†Urosalpinx coombsi Durham 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available