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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex vanuxemi silvaticus was named by Palmer (1937) [m. kosnik taxon no: 1428]. Its type specimen is PRI 3003, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hexaplex (Paziella) vanuxemi silvaticus by Glibert (1963); it was recombined as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus by Vokes (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Murex vanuxemi silvaticus Palmer p. 264
1963Hexaplex (Paziella) vanuxemi silvaticus Glibert p. 9
1968Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus Vokes p. 96

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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
genusHexaplexPerry 1811
subgenusHexaplexPerry 1810
speciessilvaticus(Palmer 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.

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Diagnosis
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