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Muricopsinae (disused)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Muricopsinae was named by Radwin (1971) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8093].

It was assigned to Muricinae by Ponder and Warén (1988); and to Muricidae by Wilson (1994), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Schnetler et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Muricopsinae Radwin
1988Muricopsinae Ponder and Warén p. 305
1994Muricopsinae Wilson p. 37
2005Muricopsinae Bouchet et al. p. 255
2024Muricopsinae Schnetler et al. p. 18

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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
subfamilyMuricopsinaeRadwin 1971
subfamilyMuricopsinaeRadwin 1971

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.

Subfm. †Muricopsinae Radwin 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available