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Murexiella macgintyi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex macgintyi was named by Smith (1938). Its type locality is TU 520 - Brighton (unnamed formation), which is in a Pleistocene coastal horizon in Florida.

It was recombined as Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi by Vokes (1968); it was recombined as Murexiella macgintyi by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Murex macgintyi Smith p. 88 figs. Plate 6, Fig. 11
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi Vokes p. 113
1987Murexiella macgintyi Ward and Blackwelder p. 173 figs. Plate 39, Figs. 3-4

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
speciesmacgintyi(Smith 1938)

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.

†Murexiella macgintyi Smith 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available