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Paffrathopsis harpula

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

Taxonomy
Murex harpula was named by Sowerby (1827). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Naticopsis harpula by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Paffrathopsis harpula by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Murex harpula Sowerby
1891Naticopsis harpula Whidborne pp. 189 - 191 figs. pl. 19 f. 3-4
2023Paffrathopsis harpula Wagner p. 2640

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyNeritopsidaeGray 1847
subfamilyPaffrathiinae
genusPaffrathopsis
speciesharpula()

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.

Paffrathopsis harpula Sowerby 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available