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Muricidea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Muricidea was named by Swainson (1840).

It was reranked as Murex (Muricidea) by Gabb (1865).

It was assigned to Murex by Gabb (1865); and to Muricidae by Swainson (1840) and Martin (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Muricidea Swainson
1865Murex (Muricidea) Gabb p. 183
1904Muricidea Martin p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMuricideaSwainson 1840

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.

G. †Muricidea Swainson 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available